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FOILED; 

OR, 

A Struggle for Life and Liberty. 

A DRAMA, IN FOUR ACTS. 
Bt O. W. CORNISH Esq. 

Respectfully Dedicated to Kellogg Post, No, 26, " Depart- 
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by the Auth r. 

AS FIRST PERFORMED AT BIRMINGHAM, CON., JAN. 25, 1871- 

TO WHICH ARE ADDKI> 

A descriptlou of the Costume — Cast of the Cliai'iu-teis — Entiuiices aiiit ICxili — 

Relativft Positions ot tlie IVilbniieis on tUe Staf{e, and 
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FOILED; 

OR, 

A STRUGGLE FOR LIFE AND LIBERTY. 

% grama, 

IN FOUR ACTS, 

By 0. W. COENISH. 



Respectfully Dedicated to " Kellogg Post, No. 26, Depaetmen'T 
OF Connecticut, Grand Army of the Republic," by the Author. 



AS FIRST PERFORMED AT BIRMINGHAM, CONN., JAN. 25, 1871. 



TO WHICH IS ADDED 



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TRANCES AND EXITS RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE PER- 
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CAUT OF CirAJlACTEnS^ ■ 



SirminffJutm, Cimn.f 
Jan. 2.'), 1S71. 

Ralph Evans " Mr. O. W. Cornish. 

Hugh Boswoith " T. B. Whitney. 

■\Villiam Steuben " W. J. Fuench. 

lliijhard Slater " O. F. Lathrop. 

Joe Ricketts " C. Ji^hnson. 

Jack Swinger " n. W. Gilbert. 

Sol Nipper " T. "Warner. 

Officer " A. W. Darey. 

Charlotte Evans Mrs. O. ^Y. Cornish. 

Becky Buekheart " F. Baldwin. 

Mrs. Evans " F. A. Bunnell. 

Child Master GussiE. 

Soldiers, &c., by Members of the Q. A. R. 



SCENERY. 

ACT 1., Scene /.—The house of Ralph Evans, a neat apartment, ■with table, b. c, 
spread for dinner. Mrs. Evans seated r. with Child. Charlotte at table, peeling 
potatoes. Becky engaged in bringing dishes from cupboard, r., to table, chairs on, 
broom, etc. 

Scene II. — A Street in a Village. 

Scene JJl. — Same as Scene I. 

ACT II., Scene 1. : Same as Scene I., Act I. Scene II. : A Southern coast scenei 
near the camp of the Regiment. Scene III. : The Picket Post near a Ravine. A 
wooded bank. Logs on the Stage to sit on. 

A CT III., Scene 1. : Same as Scene I., Act II. Scene II. .-.Prison interior. A bundle 
of straw on the floor at back for a bed. Scene III. : Same as Scene II., Act II. Scene 
jy. : A wood between the pickets. A practicable rock on stage, c, at back. 

A CT IV., Scene I. : A wood supposed to be near the camp of the Regiment. Scene 
//. and last. Sstme as Scene I. Act I. : S.ome. Table c. Chair near table l. Closet 



COSTUMES. 

Ralph Evans. — Act I., Scejies I. and //..-—Neat and good walking suit. Act I. 
Scene III. : — New uniform of a private U. S. Volunteers, at beginning of "War- 
Act II., Scene III. .■—Uniform of private of U. S. Volunteers, with overcoat, 
every thing clean and trim, but showing marks of service. Act III., Scene II. : 
— Old gray clothes, i as -off uniform of Confederate private. Act IV , Scene II. • 
— Uniform of Major of U. 6. Volunteers. 

Hugh Boswobth. — Act i., <Sce)ie //. :— Rather flashy, but not rich, walking dress. Act 
II., Scene II. .•—Uniform private of U. S. Volunteers. Act 111., Scene II. : — Gray 
undress Confederate uniform, slouched hat. 

"William Steubkv. — Ordinary walking dress, rather rough and ready, but good- 
Act I., Scene II. .•— Uniform of private of U. S. Volunteers. Act II., Scene III. : 
Fatigue dress U. S. Volunteers with overcoat. ._ . 



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Joe Rickets, Jack Swinqeii, Sol Nipper.— Ordinary-walking auits, till Ad /., Scene 
II. ; alter that same as William [Steuben. 

Richard Slatkr. — (iuiet but handsome citizen's clothes. 

OrncEK. — V. SS. undress uniform, with cloak. 

Chaklotte Evans.— Handsome, but not showy attire. Act TIL, Scene J . : Mourn- 
ing. Scene II. — Plain travelling suit. Act IV., Scene II. : Half mourning. 

Becky. — Nice and rather tasty dresses, varying for street and house, as the fancy 
of personator may elect. 

Mrs. Evans. — The house-dress of a respectable matron. 

Child. — Very neat, but not costly attire. 



PROPERTIES. 

Dinner things ; potatoes to peel ; broom ; money (bills) ; jacknife for Steuben ; 
peanuts; letter; sticks for drawing cuts; canteens; haversack, with large bone ; 
bundle of straw ; bar for prison door ; revolver for Charlotte ; pitcher of wine 
with glasses. 



EXPLANATION OF THE STAGE DIRECTIONS. 
The Actor is supposed to face the Audience. 



SCENE. 



It. Se. 



B.2S. 



E. 13. 



/ 



/ 



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\ 



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L. IE. 



ATDIENCE. 



L. C. 
X.. 1 E. 

L. 2e. 
I.. 3e. 
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Left. 

Left Centre. 

Left First Entrance. 

Left Second Entrance. 

Left Third Entrance. 

Left Upper Entrance 
(wherever this Scene may be.) 
. c. Door Left Contrc. 



c. Centre. 

B. Eight. 

B. 1 E. Eight First Entrance. 

B. 2 E. Eight Second Entrance. 

K. 3 E. Eight Third Entrance. 

E. V. E. Right Upper Entrance. 

D. R. c- Door Eight Centre. 



FOILED: 

OR, A STRUGGLE FOR LIFE AND LIBERTY. 



ACT I. 

SCENE I. — The house of Ralph Evans, a neat apartment, with table Vi. c, 
spread for dinner. Mrs. Evaxs seated, r., with child. Charlotte 
at table, peeling potatoes. Becky engaged in bringing dishes from cup- 
board, R., to table, chairs on, broom, etc. Spirited music as curtain rises. 

Mrs. Evans. Isn't it time Ralph was here, Charlotte 1 

Charlotte. As a general thin<i, he is home before this time, but of 
late he has been very irregular. 1 expect he tarries at the news-office, 
gleaning the war news, and discussing with this one and that one on the 
siluaiion. You know he is ever ready for argument. 

Mrs. E. Yes, Ralph reads a great deal, and is passionately fond of 
debate. He has always been a very devoted member of the "debating 
club," and is regarded as an expert in argument. 

Char. The present condition of the country keeps hira in a constant 
fever of excitement. All that prevented his enlisting for the "three 
months' term " was his family. But he declares he cannot wait much 
longer. If the country is to really see a war, he says he cannot withhold 
his services. He has waited thus far in the hopes that the South seeing 
the determination of the government, would falter in the rash step they 
have taken, and that by the time the term of the troops has expired, all 
would be satisfactoriallj'^ settled. 

Mrs. E. I fear such will not be the result. The term for which the troops 
enlisted has nearly expired, and the prospect is far from bright. I think, 
Charlotte, that we have not yet seen the beginning. In my opinion the 
country has yet to undergo a trying ordeal. 

Char. You but express my views, mother. But, oh, let us pray that 
we may be wrong; my heart sickens at the thought. If we are to hive 
a war, it will be fierce and bloody. Many, many lives must be sacrificed 
before we shall again have peace. Could I read my future, what a load 
of misery might I not see it was my lot to bear. 

Mrs. E. You speak ns if you knew Ralph would certainly go. 

Char. Go ! mother ! At the next call for troops, Ralph Evans will be 
anionu the first to respond to that call, by signing the enlistment-roll. 

Mrs. E. Be it so. I cinnot raise my voice to stay him. 

Char. Mother, you teac'i me my duty. Yet it is hard. Four years 
ago, Ralph made me hi-i wife, and brought me here to make my home 
with you. t am, as yon know, an orphan. (Becicy sits) I have no rela- 
tive. Here we have lived lhe.se short years, oh, so happy. To have war 
lake liini from us now, perhaps f >re\er, is nio";! cruel. But if stern duty 



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bid liiin go, I cannot find it in my lieait to check liim, were it in my 
power to do so. {turns from table and sits.) 

Mks. E. Well spoken, Charlotte. You have indeed made Ralph a good 
wile ; he in turn has been a good husband. Sliould he enter his country's 
service, confide him to the care of an all-wise providence, and despiiir 
not. Becky, is the dinner all ready 1 

Becky. Yes. I suppose you are waiting for Ralph. 

Mrs. E. Yes. He seems to be later than usual to-day. Slip out, 
Becky, and see if you can see him coming. (Becky ffoes to door, h., (js if 
to exit.) 

Becky. Here he is now ! 

Enter Ralph, u 

Ralph. Ah ! waiting for me 1 Well, I am sorry that 1 should be .so 
late, {caresses child.) 

Char. It seems to me that yon are later than ever to-day, Ralph. 
Perhaps it would be well to change our dinner hour. 

Ralph. I hardly think it iipcessary. But don't let us quarrel. Come, 
let us sit down, and have some dinner. Come, mother ! (thei/ ait at table.) 

Char. Child. 

Mrs. E.: 



Bkcky. 



Ralph. 



Front. 



Ralph {helping them). Becky, did tlie man come to saw that load of 
wood 1 

Becky. Yes, and he has got it all sawed and nearly half split. 

Ralph. Well, you can show him where to pile it up, and give him this- 
money, {gives money.) , 

Mrs. E. Ralph, what is the war news to-day 1 Has anything of im- 
portance transpired 1 

Ralph. Well, mother, it looks a little more like war to-day. The Pre- 
sident has called for three hundred thousand men for three years. 

Mrs. E. For three years 1 It cinnot be that we shall see a war of 
fhnt length ! 

Ralph. We may, and we may not. The South is in the Iiands of de.s- 
perate leaders, and rest assured they are agoing into the oontest with 
the determination to win, and unless the government comes to the work 
as it should come, we shall find an ugly job on hand. I only wish that 
the call was for three times as many men. Three hundred thousand is 
a mere handful to what will be required to do the work. 

Mrs. E. Was there much excitement down street on receiving the 
news 7 

Ralph. There was indeed. Cheer after cheer went up from the crowd 
as the proclamation was read. Enlistment papers were immediately drawn 
up, and before I left only fifteen names were wanting to complete the 
number required for a company. 

Char. That wns why you waited 1 

Ralph. Yps, Charlotte, that was why T w.iited. But waiting was not 
all r did — I signed the rolls. I have enlisted ! 

Mrs. E. Enlisted 1 



ACT I. i 

Char. Enlisted 1 Ralph ! 

Ralph. Now, pray, Charlotte, don't let that piece of intelligence take 
away your appetite. Come, let me help you to some of these peas, they 
are seasoned splendidly, 1 haven't ate anything in sometime that I relished 
as I do this dish. Come, Charlotte, hold your plate ! 

Char. No, Ralph, 1 cannot eat anything more, this is so sudden. 

Ralph. Well, well I now any one might reasonably suppose, by your 
looks aad manner, that I was to be executed within an hour. Is it be- 
cause I have done what all true men should be willing to do, that you 
are thus bowed in grief 1 Fie, fie, Charlotte, you are trying to make 
a coward of me. I expected to see you almost split your precious little 
tiiroat with continuous cheering. And mother, too, she looks as though 
I was breathing my very last. Becky, shake them up, do something, 
say something, sing something. I shall make a sad soldier if I allow 
tliis picture to fasten itself in my memory. 

Char, (aside). I am doing wrong. He must not see me thus, (rises 
and goes to back of Ralph's chair, chokingly) Oh, Ralph ! if you feel it 
your duty to enter our country's service, and battle for the maintenance 
of the laws, I can only say. Go ! and God be with you ! 

Ralph [springing up). Heroically said, my brave girl. I never felt so 
proud of you as at this particular moment. " Go, and God be with you !" 
those words are here, (putting hand to heart) and here they will remain. 
How they will cheer me at times, when, doubtless, otherwise I might 
give over to despondency. On the march, the battle-field, the charge, 
everywhere, and at all times, whenever my thoughts turn homeward, 
those words will come to my mind, together with the one that gave them 
utterance, inspiring me with fresh energy, and lending additional strength 
in the performance of my duty. Come, mother, you have heard Charlotte 
spenk, haven't you something to add 1 

Mr3. E. (approaches Ralph, places her hand on his shoulder). My dear 
boy, in giving you to our country's service, I leel that I can do no 
more, and yet I can do no less. I may not live to see you return, should 
you pass through your term of service unscathed, but living, my prayers 
shall follow you ; if summoned to my Maker, the spirit of a fond mother 
shall watch over and bless you. (turns away and sits, burying her face in 
her hands, Charlotte sits at table, her head bowed, resting on the table. 
Becky appears sad. Ralph, to conceal his emotion, turns to child ; u long 
pause. Knock at door l. unnoticed by characters, repeated, stdl unnoticed.) 

Richard Slater enters l. 

Slater. I trust I have not intruded? 

Ralph. Ah ! Mr. Slater, oh no, far from that, we were (hesitates.) 

Slat. 1 understand, Ralph. I have just returned from the news-office, 
where I learned that a company had been formed, and that you were 
among the first to enlist. Ralph, you have done well, but I have a duty 
in this matter, something that concerns your family and your peace of 
mind. You feel that in going forth to meet the enemies of our govern- 
ment, that you are leaving your family without protection. It is on that 
subject that I would speak. You have been in my employ nearly five 
years ; in that time you have proved yourself worthy of the confidence 
I have placed in you, and " a man among men." You would obey the 
impulse of your heart, by springing to the defence of the national honor, 
hut a load weighs heavily upon your spirits ; my duty is to relieve you of 
that burden. Listen: in your absence I will become the guardian of 
your family, tliey shall lack none of the coiuforts they have hitherto en- 
joyed, this liouse shall be their-; free of all charge, should you not re- 



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turn, this place shall be their home as long as thej' may choose to remain, 
nothing shall they want for that money can purchase. This, Ralph, is 
the duty incumbent upon me, and God helping, I will perform it. All I 
ask in return is your confidence in me to fulfill it. 

Ralph. Mr. Slater, could you read my heart, you would see that I am 
truly grateful for this noble offer. You indeed judged me rightly ; to leave 
my family, with no one to look to for aid in affliction, would require a 
stouter heart than I possess. But in you I recognize a benefacLor in- 
deed; to your care I confide them. 

Slat. Say no more, Ralph, say no more. I will leave you now, you 
have doubtless many little things to look after, and the little time you 
will have you should be alone with your family. 1 shall see you again 
before you go. Good-day. [Fxit, l. 

Ralph. Good-day, Mr. Slater, " a friend in need is a friend indeed." 
{looking after him) Come, Charlotte, come, mother, let us look about us, 
and see what little arrangements are necessary to complete befoie my 
leaving, for the probabilities are, that the company will not be long in 
the State. I think it more than likely that we shall have to wait no 
longer than a day or so. (William Steuben sings outside, " We'll march 
right down to Washington, to fight for Abraham's daughter.") There's 
William, he is coming to say good-bye to you, Becky, he is going with us. 

Becky. You don't mean to say William Steuben has enlisted 1 

AViLLiAM {entering l.). Wall, I rather think he has, Becky, I cum to the 
conclushun that somelhin' was goin' to be did, and I am one on the chaps 
what's goin' to help did it. 

Ralph. Right, William, quite right. Now, Becky, don't you scold him, 
he neeils your encouragement rather; you can spare your sweetheart 
belter than some wives can spare their husbands. Oh, I forgot to ask 
you, William, if you had been to dinner, but of course you have not, so, 
Becky, set him a chair, and get him a clean plate, and see that he makes 
out a dinner. Come, William, sit down. (Becky prepares a place at the 
table.) 

Will. Wall, Ralph, I do feel kinder lank, this ere excitement makes a 
feller ravenous, and as I hain't been to dinner, 1 dunno as there is any 
use in putin' on any airs about it and declinin', so I'll accept yer invita- 
tion without standiii' on further ceremony, (stte at table awkwardly.) 

Ralph. Oh ! by-the-waj"^, William, how was the recruiting coming on 
when you left ? 

Will. Wall, now, darn my buttons, if that want the very thing that I 
came up to see yer about, but yer askin' me to dine upsot me so, that [ 
forgot my bizness. Yew cum away too sune to see the best part on't. 
Yew hadn't been gone more'n a couple of j flies, when Sam Burton spoke 
to the crowd and said the company was full, and of all tlie noi.>>es that 
ever 1 heard that beat 'em ninety per cent. Everybody that could do aiiy- 
thiug in the way of a hoot went at, it, I among the rest. I sinim, I couldn't 
help it, 1 had to blat right out, and I thought by the way some of uni 
eyed me that I was doin' my share, and I guess I was. I actually caught 
myself pultin' my hand up ler see if 1 hadn't bust my guzzle. After we 
had made ourselves hoarse, we all went up to the Town Hall and had a 
meeting of the com[)any. We elected the ossifers, Burton, he's Captain, 
Jim Wheeler, he's First Lieutenant, and Charlie Stacy, he's Second. We 
piuted Captain Burton to offer our sarvices to the Governor, and he 
started right out, and wan't gone nioi'n fifteen or twenty minutes wh.en 
back he cum with an anser. I knew someihiu' was cumin', for he couldn't 
hardly hold liis giggle, then he red the dispatch. The Goveinor said we 
was just in time to go in the Bristol County Regiment, they have got 
nine companies and we'll fill it out. lie further scd, the Q uirtermasLcr- 



ACT I. 9 

General would send down on tlie next train uniforms for the company, 
and expects us to take the np express, and report to the Colonel of the 
regiment to-night. If that ain't hurry in' thinas, I don't know what is, I 
think some of the fellers would like a little lime to mend their ways, be- 
fore they double shuffle off this morile coil, but it seems ter me this ain't 
giviu' a man time to say his i)rayers. We've got to look tliis thing plump 
in the eye. That company ain't all comin' back, and there'll be a good 
many of 'em go to their 'kingdom cum." I may be one on 'em, and I 
may not, but whether I be or not, I hain't goin' to let it spile my appe- 
tite, so here goes, {eats.) 

Ralph. Tliis is rather sooner than I expected, but its likely that the 
resimeiiL is ready to leave the State, and are only wanting one company, 
which iiappens to fall to our lot. Well, Charlotte, as you see 1 have but 
little time to be with you, we cannot afford to give away to our feelings. 
I was in hopes that we should have had a day or so, but fate says, no. 
Hold up your head, Charlotte, I don't want to see you droop. As I must 
make some provision in regard to some of the necessaries of life for you, 
1 shall have to go down street awhile. Don't you want to go ? 

Char. Oh, yes, the time that has been allotted you to remain with your 
family is so cruelly short that I must, be with you while it lasts, {brings 
hat, etc., from closH R., and exits with Ralph, l.) 

Becky. So, Mr. Bill Steuben, j'ou big dunce, you must go and enlist. 
Where is all your boasted affection for me 1 

Will, [eating). Wall, Becky, I guess it's all inside, but I am afeard 
these wittles are crowdin' it into putty close quarters, (taking peas) Don't 
you liope I shall fight as well as 1 eat 1 

Becky. Fight ! you great goslin, there's very little dunger of j'our 
fighting. Why couldn't you stay at home and let a man go in your 
place 1 If our Northern troops are to be made up of such gawkies as 
yon, the rebels wont find much trouble in making them scamper. 

Will, {rising). Neow see here, Becky, that kind o' talk goes agin the 
grain. If I thought you meant it, I vum ! 1 should say, very well, Miss 
Buckhearl. of course you don't want to marry a coward, so consider 
our little iiitchin'-up arrangements " null and void," scratched out, and 
set yerself about the job of findin' another feller to dote on most plagued 
darned quick. But it's my humble opinion that you'd be several long 
days in findin' one that would make my place good ! {picking his teeth 
with his jack-knife.) , 

Becky. Really ! Mr. Steuben, you have got a very good opinion of 
yourself. As if it would be difficult for me to get another beau in your 
place. I can mention half-a-dozf^n fellows that are dying for me now, 
and all 1 have to say is, if you don't like my talk you can break off the 
engagement as soon as you like. 

Will. Wall, I want it understood, Miss Buckhearl, that if the engage- 
ment is to be busted, that I expect you will return all the presents I have 
give yer. 

Becky. Presents, indeed ! Bill Steuben, pray. I should like to have 
you mentiDU some of them, if you can. I don't remember of your ever 
maUing me any. 

Will Wall, some folks have most thunderin' short memories. WHiat's 
that on yer finger ? J think that 'ere ring cost me seving shillin' if I re- 
collect right. What have yer got to say to that, ungrateful Miss Buck- 
heart 1 

Becky. This much, Mr. Steuben, that if I was a man, and ever made 
a young lady a present, I would not be so mean as to tell her afterwards 
how much it cost me, if it cost me all I had in the world. I don't doubt 
but what you have lain awake nights thinking about that seven shillings. 



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Will. Tou wander from tlie subject most amazingly. You asked 
me to name a single present that I ever give yer, and because I mentioned 
one, you feel awfully stung about it. I think I can give you sum more 
of the same sass. Where's the tooth brush I give j-e 1 and good heavens 
and airtl), think of the hair greese I have bestowed on ye. I'll bet thero'.s 
mor'ii two quarts on't, put it all logethei'. Then see the books I've bougiit 
ye: "Who killed Cock Robin," ''Robinson Cork-screw," "Mother 
Goose," and the deuce knows what ; besides, didn't I take ye to the cir- 
cuss last summer ? And see the candy, and sicli like that 1 have brung 
ye nights when I came to spark ye — [ most always had my breeches 
pockets stuffed. I think, by thunder, that I've been pritty darned lavisli 
with my money, and y(Ui know it tew, but ye don't want to give in ; but 
you are cornered, and I guess you wish you'd held yer hush, (aside) I 
reckon I've give her a pill now that she wont digest veiy easy. 

Becky. Well, Mr. Steuben, I hope you will iiiidsorae young lady down 
South who can appreciate your good qualities. 

Will. You do ! you mean bj' that, 1 suppose, that henceforth and foi - 
ever we are strangers 1 Well, per'aps it's best so. For the next three 
years to cum, 1 have pledged myself to obey orders, and if you say I 
must select sum one else to occupy 3'our old hangin' out place in the 
buzzura of my affection, why " so mote it he," as the free masons say. 
There's a variety to select from down where I expect to go — sickly pale- 
faced Southern beauties, Octerroons, Quadroons, pritty yaller gals, be- 
sides the sinion pure genuine old sut heads. It don't make much differ- 
ence which a man goes in for down there, the way they mix things np 
is surprisin'. But 1 rather think I shall go in for an Octerroon. I iiave 
lieard a good deal about 'em, they say they are darnation putty. Well, 
I must be goin', Miss Buckheart. I shan't be very likely to see you 
again for three long years, and by that lime you'll be married most likely 
to one of them fellers what's dyai' for ye. {going.) 

Becky [cnjing). Good-bye, Mr. Steuben, {sits l. and buries ho' fdcc in 
her handkerchief.) 

Will. By JoVe ! I've done it. I thought she'd simmer down. I rather 
think now she'll come to terms. It does these wimmen good to tone 'urn 
down a little now and then. Now Becky, she'll be just like a little kitten 
after this dose, {looking at her) Sumhovv I can't siaud a woman's tears, 
they always cry as though their hearts was bustin', and it seems as though 
the simpler the thing they cry about, why the liarder the bawl. I've 
lieard of wimmin 'fore now, that would kick up the darndest touse, and 
almost cry their eyeballs out, because their husbands wouldn't buy them 
a new bunnet, or some other fixin', that they could just as well as not do 
without, and nine cases out of ten they carry the driy. But it's well for them 
same wimmen that tliey haven't got Bill Steuben to deal with. Now 
there's Becky, she thought that by kickin' up a rumpus, and threat'nin' 
to give me the sack, that I wouldn't go to war, but I gness she's found 
out by this time that I am bent on going, sack or no sack. That Octerroon 
bizness stuck in her crop, I'll bet a goose egg. I guess it's about time to 
smooth this thing over. I haven't got but a little time to stay, and 1 
musn't leave her in this shape, [lakes chair and sits beside her) Miss Buck- 
heart ! She don't like to have me call her by that name, she thinks it'.'s 
tew stiff and formal ; guess I'll have to be a little more familiar. Becky, 
{coaxinglg) Becky, I say, Becky, don't cry any more, dumplin' 1 you've 
cried 'nutf; come now, that'll do, you know it's your fault. Come, 
Bficky, you know it's Billy is falkin' to ye now, your Billy. You know 
I am goin to war, and I don't like to go away and leave you feelin' so 
down to the heel. Let me wipe that big tear away that's hangin' on the 
end of your no^. Come, B"cky, don't think any more about this fol do 



ACT I. 11 

rol. Let's talk about sunitliin' that's more congenial to our feelin's, Oli, 
my gollies ! I forgot. I've got siuu peanuts in luy trousers pocket. 
{^taking out peanuts from pocket) Here, Becky, bold your flipper, {giving 
them.) 

Becky. The cause of all this fol de rol you tell about, is because you 
are going to war. If you think as nuich of me as you say you do, wjiy 
do you go away for so long a time 1 and then, besides, you may get 
killpd and never come back, {they eat.) 

Will. Yes, that's very true. War is unhealthy bizness at the best, 
but then, Becky, if there didn't anybody go, why, where would the 
country go lo ? There hain't a young man in town that has got any 
slimmer reason for siayin' to home, tiian I have. 1 don't think dad would 
care a continental cuss whethtr 1 ever came back or not. He says he 
can't do anything witli me, and I guess he can't, for ever since mother 
died, and he married his second wile, I haven't cared a sliver about my 
home. Mary Magdalene had seven devils in her, so the Bible says. Well, 
if my step-mother hain't got double the number in her that Miss Magda- 
lene had, may I die of the rot. But that hain't got anything to do with 
my goin' for a soldier; all the young fellers are goin',and for me to back 
out now, after I have been and 'listed, would give 'um a good chance to 
pint their fingers at me and call me a coward ; that would be most tew 
much. No, it's no use, Becky, my mind's made up, I am goin' lo war. 

Becky ijumpiny). Oh! 

"VViLL. What's the matter with ye . 

Becky. I hit my lip. 

Will L'ein me see. (Becky turns her hend to William pouting out her 
lips, he kisses her suddenly) 'Lasses, right out of the bung-hole. 

Becky. I should think you would be ashamed ! 

Will. 01), no! not at all ! I'd do It right over aga'n, and not have 
the smalle.st part of a scruple. 

Becky. You said all the young fellows were going — I can tell you of 
a young man that ain't gouig. 

VViLL. Who is it 1 

Becky. Hugh Bosworth. 

Will. That's where ye are mistaken. Yer see, Hugh Buzzworth has 
'listed, and is goin' in the company with the rest on us; but I can't say 
as I am glad of it, for 1 believe that feller is a strate out and out scamp, 
and I don't believe he's going to war because he loves the Union, for he 
is a Sutherner by birth, and I have heard him say as much that his sym- 
])athies were on t'other side with his native State, South Carliny. I had 
my eye on him when we were down to the news-office, and when all the 
rest on us were holleiin' as loud as we could yell, he never so much as 
opened his mouth. I intend to watch that feller, and if I find him 
comin' any of his she-nan-i-gans, I'll put a clapper on him that will be 
likely lo bring him to. 

Becky. Why, I am sure I always thought he was a very nice young 
man. 

Will. Nice ! he's gamblin' from mornin' till night. 

Becky. Well, there are a great many who gamble, that pass for nice 
young men for all that. 

Will. He drinks bad whiskey. 

Becky. Very few men that don't. 

Will. He owes for all the clothes he has worn for the last three years. 

Becky. You'll find that most all young men generally wear out their 
clothes before they pay for them. 

Will. lie's eternally hangin' round the livery stable with the horse 
jockeys; I'll bet he'd steal a boss qiucker'n blue blazes if he had a 



12 FOILED. 

good chance, and make ofif with it. He's about played out ioiiikI these 
parts ; p'raps that's the reason he's 'hsted. 

Becky. Why what a fellow you make him out to be, to be sure. I 
never heard any one say much against him. When he came here, some 
four years ago, the people all said he must be some rich planter's son. 
He became acquainted with Charlotte and wanted to make her his wife, 
and' take her South and make a fine lady of her. But she refused him, 
and afterwards married Ralph Evans ; 'tis said that this made him angry 
and he became reckless and lost his position. And some folks said that 
he swore some day he would be revenged ; but I don't believe a word 
of it. 

Will. Well, I do, he's just sneak enough. But one thing is certain, if 
lie thinks he can bully Ralph Evans, he's entirely mistalten, I can tell 
him. If he wants to extinguisli himself he better try on some little game, 
and if Ralph don't prove enough for him, by Judas! I stand ready to 
cum in on the second heat. 

Becky. Well, I don't believe there is any danger of his attempting 
anything of the kind. If I thought there was I should fairly hate him, 
more even than you do, for I have every reason to love Ralph Evans, for 
he has been a brother to mo. You know, William, that my mother died 
when I was a mere child, and father soon after went to sea and was never 
heard of more ; it is supposed he was lost. Mrs. Evans adopted me as 
her own child, axvi Ralph and I grew up as brother and sister, and a kind, 
loving brother he has ever been ; and now he is a-going to war, periiaps 
he will never return. I think it is too bad, and poor Cliarlotte, I know 
her heart is ready to break. • 

Will. Oh, well, Becky, there's no use in your cooking up imaginary 
dangers, it's bad 'niiflf'of course, but you mustn't no to worryin' Charlotte 
with dolorous yarns, her fears will travel fast 'luiff without any help. 
There's just as much reason to expect he and me will cum back agin, as 
there is to expect y.ou will live to see the end of the war. You may die 
now, before either of us ; only think of the m^tny conti'ivances they have 
now days for snakin' a human bein' into eternity. There's more kin<ls of 
fever than I can count in a week, beside cholera, rheumatism, influenza, 
liydrophobia, lockjaw, and — oh. Lord, I can't begin to enumerate ; be- 
sides railroad and steamboat smash-ups, eartliquakes and biler exphi- 
sions. Who can tell but what inside of a year I may get a letter, tellin' 
me that my Becky Bnckheart has choked to death trying to swaller a 
slapjack. I don't see as it makes any difference where ye are ; chances 
seem to be as good in one place as another, only in the army to he sure 
you see the danger, while round hum ye di.n't, that'^about the only dif- 
ference. 

Becky. You take an odd view of it. Now I see a heap of difference. 
But you need not fret about my worrying Charlotte, I shall do all in my 
power to keep up her spirits ; I love her too well to di) otherwise. Now 
suppose you take a little of my advice, don't be too ready to jump into all 
the danger ihnt offers itself; you must not think that because your lather 
or your stepmother don't either of them care about your coming back, 
there is no one else would like to see you return. 

AViLL. Oh, now, don't fret your little gizzard on that score. I intend 
to cum back and marry you, Becky, and we'll settle down, keep a Cow 
and a pig, that'll be O.K., won't it 1 You can milk the pig wliile I feed 
the cow. 

Becky. And further, you must do all you can to keep Ralph from ex- 
posing himself unnecessarily. 

Will. You let Ralph alone, e'U take care of himself. I don't expect 
to remain on par with him a great while. To be sure he's goin' out as a 



ACT I. I.'? 

private soldier, but if lie lain't killed he'll be promoted, and lie'.l keep 
risia'. You'll find I'm about rinht, in my calculations ; but I must be 
goin' down to the rendezvous, tlie uniforms are comini; on the next train, 
and it's time 'twas here. I lander want to jjeL inler Uncle Sam's cloihes. 
Don't you think [risint/ and tiking broom) you'll be ji^st a leelle gr^iu 
j)roud of me, when you see me marchin' ah)n2 with tlie i-est of the sol- 
diers ? {marches back and forth tvUh broom at shoulder arms) yer ourjht to be. 

BeCky. If I wanted to be proud I couldn't, when 1 know wiiat it's for, 
(m('«) But, William, I am afraid if I let you go down street, I shan't see 
you a^ain. 

Will, (puttinff away broom). Oh, bless you, yes you will, but suppose 
you meet me in a half an hour, down on the corner jest beh>w the orthodcx 
raeptin' house, and I'll promenade with ye till it's lime for us to leave. 

Becky. Very well, I'll be ttiere. (exit William, l.) I must now wash 
the dishes, {draioinff a long breath) On ! how hmely we siiall all be when 
they are gone, {moves chairs back, and commences ivork at the tabic as the 
scene closes in.) 

SCENE 11.—^ Street in the Village. 

Enter Hugh Boswobth, l. 

Hoon {solus). Curses on the day that turnfed me ajjainst my father's 
will and command. 'Tis now four years since at some little petty offence 
of mine, my father angered thereby, bade me leave his house and iifver 
return, except to implore his forsiveness, and pledge myself to willingly 
conform to his laws. Chafed at what I then thought the needless severity 
of ni}' parent, I pi-oudly turned my back upon my home, vowiris never 
again to return. Travelling northward, my eye was attracted by the :ii • 
of neatness and business activity of this cozy little town, here ! £ 
thought, I m;iy be able to feel my way into some light and well paying oc- 
cupation, and bid defiance to the cold world so rudely thrust apon me by 
my jjarent's sternness. I eagerly sought for, nnd obtained a sitnition, at. 
once lucrative and agieeable, that of book-keeper for tlie firm of Slater 
& Capron. For a time all went well. I prospered beyond my ex[)ec- 
tations; this encouraged me. Soon, howerer, fate shajied my course dif- 
ferently. I became acquainted with a beautiful girl, Cliarloiie Tisd; le. 
I loved her, would have married her and returned home. This sSep would 
have please I my ruffl-»d father, and my life would have begun anew. 
But she refuseil me, ay, with scorn. Oh, fnries t how it madilened me. 
Soon after she became Mie wife of Ralph Evasis, my cup of bitterness now 
overfl )wed ; 1 swore by the eternal God to have revenge, and revengf^ 
I'll have. The desperation which then took possession of me again led 
me astray. I soon lost my position, and falling in with evil associates [ 
descended with rapid strides to my present degrading level, the gaming 
table my only refuge. The respectability shun me, heavy del)ts stare at; 
me ; but I heed them not, for within rny breast there still burns with 
consuming flames the fire of revenge, kindled there by Charlotte Tisdale, 
for the destruction of her own bappiiwss * To-day Ralph Evans enlisted 
in the army of the Uniim. I saw my chance, and likewise enlisted. I'll 
follow him as the beast does his prey. Ah ! Ralph Evans. Beware I 
beware ! (Exit r. 

Enter Joe Rioketts, Jack Swinger, and Sol Nipper, l. 

RrcKETTs. Well ! now boys, this is a sudden turn in one's domestic 
nffairs. Enlfsiing, leaving town, homfi and friends, all in four or five 
liours time, ain't il^. 



11 I'DIl-KL). 

Savixgrr. Well, j'ps ; but I rather like it Ihat wny the best. Tliis en- 
lisiiiijr and hauuiiig around liotae three or four weeks [(laying soldier, 
iiiay suit some, but it don't me. 

Nipper- Me neither, (alxiays with a drawl.) 

Svvix. It seems like killing liine in a dishonest way. There's work tc 
do, and tiie sooner we get at it, the sooner those that live to see it done 
will get home again, 

R[CK. Yes, that's very true, Jack, but I am of the opinion that we are 
!ioi aaoing to see the end of this muss in tiiree years. 1 think yon an<l I 
will, if we live to see three years' service, have an opportunity of seeing 
more, if that doesn't satisfy us. 

Nip. Me loo. 

SwiN. Oh, pshaw ! Ricketts, what are you talking about 1 I don't ex- 
pect tu see more than one year's service, at the outside. Do you s'post* 
the United States Government don't see their way through this ■? I'll b^t 
they do. Why, man alive ! when those Southerners see an army of liiree 
hundred thousand coming for them, they'll fairly qu:ul. All we shr.ll 
liav^^ to do is to walk right over them, that's my opinion. 

Nip. Mine too. 

Rick. Don't talk such nonsense, Jack. You will sing a different song, 
I'll bet, after we have seen one or two smart little brushes. This under- 
latiiig a man's courage, as "some of the Northernei's do the Southerners, 
and in return, as the Southerners do the Northerirers, is about the shal- 
lowest, talk that ever struck my sense of hearing. 

SwiN, Well, I don't suppose our argument amounts to shucks, anyway. 
But I can't help thinking that the hard-fisted Northern boys are more 
than a matcii for them delicaie, white-livered Southern chai»s. 

Nip. Me too. 

Rick. They will probably prove the best of tlie two, but lo suppose 
there is no pluck in a man that was born in Louisiana, for instance, is 
sheer nonsense, and as I siid before, a ^ev; engagements will remove Uiis 
prejudice. But what do you think of Hugh Boswortli''s enlisting ? he is 
the very last man that I thought would go to war from this town. 

SwiN. Well, I hadn't thought much jibout it, but now I look at it. it 
does seem a little sirange: I thought he was a rank secesh. 

Nip, So I thought. 

Rick. I have heard him say things that I wanted to knock him down 
for. You know he's a Southerner by birth, and it's rather natural that, 
bis sympathies should go that way. 

Swix. Yes, (hat's so. I kinder think the fellow's run ashore, and that 
he is forced to oo to war or go to work. I guess he concluded to try a 
little war, tor I <lou"t believe work's in his line. 

Nip. So I think. 

Rick. Well, perhaps you are right. Jack; we shall probably have a 
cluince to see. I am of the o|iinion, however, that we shall find out that 
his lieait is not in the good cause. 

Nip. So am I. 

SwiN. Thai's me exactly, Joe. I think he'll bear watching ; wiiat do 
you think, Sol 1 

Nip. I think so loo. 

Rick. But Ralph Evans is heart and hand in the work, and I think he 
is destined to make his mark. . 

SwiN. Yes, yes, I wish he knew a little more about military matters. 
1 think the boys would have elected him to be one of the officers. He's 
pretty popular, you know. 

RiCK. He is that, and it's right tie should hp. I nm sorry', as you .say, 
that he don't know more about military, hut he"!! :oa n, tnar!; r.iy word.' 



ACT I. ir> 

SwiN. It must be like having teeth pulled, though, to have to leave 
his young wife and child. I am glad I ain't married. 

Nip. So am 1. 

Rick. Well, I am married, but my wife is clear carried away with hei' 
patriotic ideas. She's been talking to me about my duty, until I fairly felt 
ashamed of myself; and to-day when I told her I had enlisted, she was 
pl^^ased enough. 

SwiN. Perhaps it's the thought that you may never come back again, 
tliai, pleases her. 

Nip. I think it is. 

Rick. No indeed ! ^^ aikla don't want to get rid of mo by any means ; 
a!id if yon could see ihe liitle colleciion of nicknacks she lias prepareil 
for me to carry in mv kiia[)sack, you would say so too — needles, thread, 
pin-*, and all such little handy articles. She's put a liitle Bible in among 
the oilier things, and told me 1 must read a chapter in it every day. 

SwiN. There's need enough of it, Joe. 

Nip. So I think. 

Rick. Weil, supp. se we j ig alons — -the train has come and the uni- 
forms will be distributed soon, (lookiiif) of k.) Hanged if there ain't 
Steuben with his on already. Come, let's make liasie now, we've no time 
to loose. 

Nip. That's my idea. [All exit, e., as 

Becky enters, l. 

Becky. Where can William be, I wonder 1 the time is up, and yet he 
is not here. I am afraid his army life will be his ruin, even if he lives 
through it ; there are so many evils that beset a soldier, that 1 fear he 
maybe led astray, — he will come back a dinnkxrd or a gambler, or 
something else as bad, and then what am I to do 1 He will want to be 
married, and how can 1 refuse him 1 

Enter William iinperceived hj Becky, k., stands listening. 

Oh, dear! a man that is engaged to be married, has no business to go 
to this war. [furns and sees William in his uniform) Them clothes ! {sim- 
pering.) 

Will. Them close ! wall, now, what's objectionable about them closed 
{sarveijing hiimelf) I flatter myself that I'm cultin' a pretty nice linger in 
them duds. Becky, I had sot you down as a gal bavin' more taste. 

Becky (^.sorroivfulli/). I have no taste for anything that is in any way 
connected with this war. Think of the untold misery it will bring with 
it! 

Will. There, switch off, Becky. You've played that tune lonsz enough, 
— talk about suthin' else, cause time's mighty precious. Now, then, 1 
want lo know how often you will write to me. 

Becky. AVill you agree to answer every letter I will write ? 

Will. Well, provided you don't pitch in to see how many you can 
write. Now I don't care about settin' down to pay my addresses on papm* 
oftener than once a week. Say every Sunday about courtin' time, you 
squat yourself to inform me all the news — fill in as much sweet stuff' as 
ye like, and I'll he wriiin' about the same time; it will be like sparkin', 
ye see. Thev say " distance lends enchantment," but I don't know 
wheilier we shall be able lo see it or not. 

Becky. I will write every Sunday, William, and .shall expect you to 
do the same; bnt, William, there are some other things that I want to 
sppak about. I want you to promise me yon will not drink a drop of 
liquor, or play a game of c:irds while you are in the service. 



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Wilij. I snum ! yovi are fi,'2;<'i"i"' things down rallier close. I don't 
know as I caie a dain about the cards, but, I vum ! 1 don't care about 
iryiii' to do without myraiiua of rye. 1 don't imagine 1 .shall be allowed 
enutr at a time to more tU^m take the du!>t out of luy gullet. 

Becky. And that little will be enough to create an appetite, and when 
you get home you will be a hard drinker ; now m irk my words. 

Will. Oh, fiddle-faddle ! save yer breath. It's tunny you never 
thouaht of this before. I have always been in the habit of takiu' a nip 
whenever T felt l,ke it. I am putty certain that I have stowed away 
more red-eye in the last three years than 1 shall in the three to come ; so 
' you see your fears on that ground are uncalled for. Don't for Lord's 
!-ake hatch up anything else; but come, Becky, the time is short that 
I've got to stay with yon, and I kinder want to promenade a little speck 
in my new imiform, so hook on. (BECitY takes his arm, they exit, r.) 

SCENE Wl^—Smie as Scene I. 

Enter Chaulotte, l., ^vith lint awi shmcl on, which she removes mid places 
in closti, R.. the room ivcalhj arrangtd, table cleared off, etc. 

Ch.\rlotte, It seems as though I had been to the funeral of some one 
who was most dear to me. Ah, what a gloomy period have I not now 
to undergo, and how suddenly has it broke upon me ! I little dreamed 
this morning that to-night would see me separated from Rilph, for God 
knows how long. I dare not give vent to my feelings in his presence, 
for he, conscious of his light doing, maintains a cheerfulness which I 
must notdampen* 

Enter Mrs. Evanp, k. . 

Mrs. Evans. Well, Charlotte, where did you leave R.alph 1 I thought 
he was to return wi.h you. 

Char. He went to the Hall to get his uniform, promising to come and 
bid us good-bj'e if he had the lime before the train leaves. He has been 
arranging some little business matters which took him a little longer tlian 
he e.xpected, but he will endeavor to see us before he goes. The com- 
p:iny will pass near here, and he will come to say farewell, and fall in 
wiUi them as they pass by. 

Mrs. E. I fear his farewell to me will be the last I shall ever receive 
from him. Something tells me that I shall not live to see him again. My 
fnst-failing health, with the constant anxiety I shall feel for him in the 
iield of danger, will carry me to my grave. 

Char. Oh, mother, don't say that, for without you I shall indeed be 
alone. 

Mrs. E. I don't say this to add to your already heavy load, bnc to 
prei)are you for what j'ou must meet. I feel, my poor girl, that I am 
soon to leave you, and you must brace yourself to meet other responsi- 
biliUes, 

CuAK. Why, mother, I can see no cause for your feeling thus ; you 
.seem to me to be as well as when I first came here. This feeling is owing 
to the sudden departure of Ral[>h on his dangerous mission. 

Mrs. E. Ah, Charlotte, don't deceive yourself. 1 have for some time 
known that I was gradually sinking, and know that I cannot last much 
loiiuer. There are many things that I would speak of, but will not now 
add to your sorrow by a recital of them. When you become a Utile mo'(! 
resigned to your present — {rr. drum hcwd, distant mirking time) Hark ! i ; 
that not th? company coming 1 {thcij listen.) 



Acr II. 17 

CuAH. Yes, it imisL be, and Ralph has iioL yet come. Oh, we must see 
hitu. Let us get ready and — ah ! here he is. 

Enter Ralph in uniform, L. 

Ralph {hurriedly'). Well, mother! Charlotte ! I have just time to .'•ay 
good-b)e. Don't let your spirits droop. Write to me often. You re- 
member wliat I have told you, Charlotte. Good-bye, my darling, {em- 
braces Charlotte) Mother, good-bye. {embraces Mrs. Evans and is about 
to exit, L.) 

Mrs. E. {leading Child from room, r). Ralph ! here's Eddie. 

Ralph {taming). Oii, my Eddie ! I had forgot my darling boy. {Inir- 
ries to Child, falling on. one knee, c., clasps him to his breast, bowing his head 
on Child's shoulder. Child puts arms around Ralphs nech. Charlotte 
sin/is into chair, l., bitnjtng face in her handkerchief. Mrs. Evans stands 
over Ralph and Child with uplifted hands and eyes, imploring the divine 
protection. Tableau. Plaintive orchestral music, and drum heard faintly, 
marking time, as curtain descends.) 

END OF ACT FIRST. 



ACT II. 

SCENE I.— Same as Scene I., Act I. 

Charlotte discovered sitting at table in thought. 

Charlotte. It is now nearly three months since Ralph went to war, 
and yet it seems an aye. How I have counted the days, the hours even, 
wondering what he might be engaged in doing — perhaps in battle, per- 
liaps slain, or wounded and weltering in his blood ; perhaps in the hos- 
pital, prostrated with some disease. Thoughts like these have filled my 
mind constantly, and at times it has been with the utmost difficulty that I 
liave been able to contain myself, Becky tries to make me cheerful, and 
were it not for her I should indeed be sad. 

Enter Becky, r. 

Well, Becky, has mother awoke yet 1 

Becky- Yes, she opened her eyes a few moments, and I offered her 
some tea, which she drank. I asked her if I shouldn't help her to arise, 
and get her comfortable in her chair ; but she shook her head and said 
she needed more sleep. Poor Mrs. Evans ! she has been such a good 
mother to me, that it makes me feel bad to see her so sick. I am afraid 
she is not agoing to live a great while longer. 

Char. I fear so, for the last two or three weeks she has failed rapidly. 
It is now over a week since she left her room. 

Becky. Have you ever said any|.hing to Ralph about her being so 
sick 1 

Char. Yes, in every letter that I have written I have spoken of her 
failing health, and in this letter {takes up letter) that I have just finished, 
I have told him that I was very much afraid he would never see her 
again. 

Bkcky. llow bad poor Ralph will feel, for he his always been such a 
good bon, au I has dune bo much in make her happy. Do you want that 



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letter mailed 1 I have got one to send to William, and am going to the 
office, and will tJike yours along. 

CuAB. Yes, you may take it. Where is Eddie"? (ptves letter to Becky.) 

Becky. He is in the yard, playing. 

Char. Very well, I will go in and sit by motlier until you return. 

[Exit, R. 

Becky. Oh, dear ! how sad it is to be sure with Ralph and William to 
the war, and Mrs. Evans so very sick, and Charlotte, she does nothing 
but worrry, worry, all the time. I find that I have to be all smiles, and 
e sinking all the time, and making odd remarks to cause Charlotte to 
jausli, or else it would be as solemn as a convent. Heiulio ! ilont/ breath) 
I think I've a good reason for feeling forsaken myself; but I don't allow 
myself to show that I do feel so by my actions ; but I must hasten to the 
office with these letters ; it's most mail time now. {gets hat, shawl, etc, 
from closet, K., and exit, l.) ' 

SCENE II. — A Southern const scene, near the camp of the Regiment. 

Enter Ricketts, Swinger and Nipper, l. 

RicKETTS. Well, boys, this is rather of a pritty kind of life, after all. 
We have little cause for complaint, — a good, quiet out-of-the-way camp, 
with no enemy of any account in our front ; plenty of rations, such as 
they are, with just exercise enough to keep us from gitting mouldy. 
Some would say it's rather dull, but it satisfies me. 

Nip. Me too. 

SwiN. Exactly so, Ricketts. We haven't had much rough usage thus 
far, but I reckon we shall not continue so fortunate for a much longer 
stretcli. As you say, we liavn't much cause for complaint, — better be 
liere on coast service, guarding these sand banks, than with the Army 
of the Potomac, or the Western Armies. Those fellers have got to see 
some scrabbling too and fro, ai;d some of the boys have got to go under. 

RicK. But, Jack, you know you thought we were agoing to walk right 
over these fellows. Ain't you hauling to a little f 

Swix. Well, I have been thinking the matter over ; and since they 
have had several battle*!, I don't see but what it's about nip and luck. 

Rick. Yes, give the devil his due. These Southerners are desperate 
dogs, and before we have flogged them into submission, we have got to 
see some blood spilled. 

Nip. I think you are right. 

SwiN. Yes, Sol, you may be one of them, too. You better not allow 
your hopes of seeing home again to run very high, 'cause they may git 
" your hide on the fence." 

Nip. I think likel)', 

RrcK. Bui what a puzzler that Bosworth makes out to be. lie says 
Lttle or nothing to nobody. 

Swix. And nothing says little or nobody to him. I don't hanker after 
his company, and don't care if he don't open his mug to me while we are 
in the service. 1 can't stomach him no how. 

Rick. If you can you are the onlv one. I feel ju.st like reaching for 
him every lime he comes within a ro'l of me, the confounded surly num- 
skull. 

SwiN. By-the-way, what makes him eye Ralph Evans .so 1 I saw him 
the other evening, when we were all s tlinii aroui.d ihc camp fire ; he 
was standing a little on*^ side in t'lo shadow, lui 1 Il;il[ili, ho was seated on 
the log with the hriaht flames showing liim u[) the most, conspionons one 
in the parly, and Bosworth, ho was glaring at him with t..cm 5i:akc"s 



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eyes of Iiis — ^looksiifj >ike a cat's eyea in the flnrk — 3«rt of sreen, you 
know, I couldn't he-lp iioticiis^i him ; tie looked jusL as ilioii:;!! lie wanted 
lo jump ij^lit into liini. Did yob ever notice liiia in iliis punicnlar ^ 

Kjck. Well, no, 1 haven't, but I have lieaid one or iwo of the boys 
speak of it, and I overiieard Bill Sieuben Jiiuiieiinji away to himself the 
other day. He said something about, " I'm od yer track, yer dani'd 
skunk." I hadi to smile to myself to seeliow singular Bill looked, and for 
tiie life of me I couldn't make out what he meant by it. Bosworth has- 
liad no words with any one, an I gives do one a chance to quarrel witi> 
liim, and as lon-g as he minds his business, that's all I want of him ; lshan'!> 
tronble him, 

NiF. Me neither, 

SwiN. Well, I don't propose ta engage in the dirty work of having any- 
thing nt all to do with hitn^ he ain't worth talking about, so let him slide. 
But if Bill Steuben has got his eye on him, depend up)n it it's for some- 
thing. Bill ain't nobody's fool, if he does aippear a little awkward on 
drill, and the like. He's a mighty cute chap, and sucb fullers as Bos- 
worth better give iiin> a wide berth. 

Rick. Right again, Jack, Let'^s leave him to Bill's protection, and 
bother our l>eads no more about him. Let's go do^vu the beach a ways- 
be fore dress parade, 

Stvin. Sail away ; Via agreeal)le, 

NiF. So am I, l^U exit, r, 

Mnter Ralph, i. 

Ralfu. What can have put such nonsense into Steuben'^s beadi He- 
lias now spoken two or three times to me, in regard to this same notion. 
He (lea-ires, be says, " lo put me on my guard." Surely what motive caiv 
Boaworth have in offering me harm % I never .sp(jke to, or had any 
dealings whatever with the fellow previous to our enhstmeot. True it is-, 
he asked the hand of Charlotte iu marriage, but her refusal eaii eertainly 
furnish no cause for enmity between us. Finding that she' preferred to 
become my wife, rather than the wife of one whose origin andpas-t career 
sue was utterly ignorant, he must on subsequent reflection )>ave con- 
ceived how foolish the expectation, that any sensible girl could h-ave de- 
cided differently, 1 attribute his reserved oKinner to the fact that, tired 
i)f the wretched life he has led for the past three years or TOore, and per- 
haps also pecuniarily embarrassed, he enlisted. The regiment, miuie up as 
it is from country towns, contains none of that element fiorrv which he 
would selfct associates. Hence he gives away toreffeciion and mental 
despandency. But for Steuben to sn{)pose thnt he means- me injury, i^» 
an idea Sliat to my mind at present is- very remote, {lookinff "ffi,.) Who i* 
tlinS coming fron^ the camp 1 It is Bosworth hiiijself — his hands jyockt^teci 
and head bowed. He paces along slowly as though in deep thoimht. 
He walks in this direction. Not wishing to break in iipon his reverie, I'll 
blip one side and allow him to pass, {Exit, r., as 

Bosworth enters, slotvly, l, 

Bosworth. Hang this dog life !• it neither suits- me, or furnishes, a* 
yet. an opening in which to enter for the completion of my jiurpuse. 
Had the regiment entered, some active department, I should ero now in 
some skirmish or battle, have dispatched him without sakSpieion,but the 
present quiet situation in this vicinity, delays my project, but come it 
certainly will, and for this tardiness he the more sweet. To resort to 
poison, or to draw his heart's blood with the do^g^cr poin', would but 



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woik my owu destruction. Already I am an object of distrust in the 
coiupany, aud that meddliug Yanliee half susp#cts my designs. 

Enter Ralph, r. 

Ralph \coming fonvarct). Well, Bosworth, are you just from camp? 

Bos. And if 1 was 1 

Ralph. Ob. nothing, only I might inquire if anything worth mention- 
iiijl was stirring. 

Bos. To thai I might reply : go see for yourself. 

Ralph. Which I should consider to a civil question an ill-mannered 
retort, 

Bos. Should youl I should then inform you that when I wished you 
to address me, I would make that fact known to you. 

Ralph. Your mood is far from agreeable, Mr. Bosworth. 

Bos. Perhaps so ! perhaps so 1 and perhaps there's a reason for it. 

Ralph. Undoubtedly there is ; but there certainly can be no reason 
that would justify you in your assuming the ofJ'ensive toward llie person 
that would assist you to remove that reason. 

Bos. Fortunately to that end, 1 require the aid of no person. 

Ralph. You are somewliat of an oddity. 

Bos. Again I say, perhaps so. 

Ralph. And were you aware of the feeling which your strange con- 
duct creates amung your comrades, 1 am disposed to believe thai you 
would at least make an effort to overcome ihis sullenness. 

Bos. To su[)pose me ignorant of all this, would be to suppose me ex- 
ceedingly dull of conijjrehension ; but, understand, sir, that tor the light 
in which I am regarded by the party which you term " comrades," I care 
thnt, {snapping hts fingers) and that only. 

Ralph. Surely you cannot expect to pass your term of service very 
pleasantly in such a frame of mind. 

Bos. What might be pleasant to one party, might prove the reverse to 
another. I am enjoying myself for the first time in four years. 

Ralph. And pray, if you so like the service, why do you continue in 
this, to say the least, most singular course'? Why not rather prove your 
position in some way that would leave no room for doubt that your heart 
and hand are in the great work before us. 

Bos. Again you blunder seriously ; learn then, if you must, that for 
the cause for which the North are contending, I am not an advocate. To 
suppose that I would engage in the hellish work of tramping under foot 
that section of the country that gave me birtli. crushing out of them by 
force of arms, their cherished principles, would be 

Ralph [interrupting). Hold! Hugh Bosworth, a man wlio carries in 
his breast such treasonable sentiments, has no claim upon the protecting 
arm of this goverimient, and justifiable would be the act in any man, 
through devotion to the cause which you so detest, to rend piecemeal 
your vile carcass, and cast it to the dogs, {loarmhj) In the name of loy- 
alty, why are you here, arrayed like myself in the nation's defence ? 

Bos. For a reason, Ralph Evans, which I hope ere long to make you 
fully acquainted with. Consistency forbids that 1 should make it known 
to you at present. 

Ralph [mcnningly). Hugh Bosworth, I begin to read you. A strong 
suspicion rests against you among my friends, that your mission is one 
of evil intent ; and furtiier, that I am the one chosen to leceive at your 
hands f<>ul and mysterious dealing. Until now this charge lias appeared 
to me foolish and groundless, but from your own li|is I am led to believe 
that it is not wholly without foundation. What motive should prompt 



ACT ir. 21 

you to tills eixl, I am at loss to tleteimine. Cpfure we befian thi^? career, 
we never so mucli as exchanged the ordinary salutations, and to my recol- 
lecuon, I never liad occision in otter my opinion, or retnaik in any man- 
ner CDncerniiii" yon. Yonr associates liave noi been m^ne, and niine iiave 
not been yours. Tlie wliereaboiUs of yonr tamily, I am eniirely iiinoranfc 
of, and of your career before you sought a home at the North, 1 know 
notiiing. Certain it is, I never wronged yon. 

Bos. You linow you lie, when you say you never wronged me. Yoa 
know without my telling you that you stepped between me and happiiie&s. 
Is tiiat not wronging me ? 

Ralph. Do 1 imders.tand you to mean by that 

Bos. That you robbed me of a juize I toiled to gain — a prize that was 
fairly mine because fairly won. A prize that I swore to relinquish only 
with my life's blood. You are in po.^ssession of the prize, but the oatb 
stands good. You can make no rejiaration, neither can you turn me from 
my purpose. 

Ralph. Still I am not sure 1 understand you. 

Bos. Fool ! Did you not make Charlotte Tisdale your wif.> 1 

Ralph. I did; never supposing, however, that by so doing I had 
made an enemy in the world. She freely consenting, we were happily 
raairied. Our friends and acquaintances all wislied us joy. You are th» 
first person that has ventured a disapproval. I am extremely sorry for 
you in your disappointment, but really at pre.sent, I do not feel much 
Jik? ci'ying. 

Bos. Infernal hypocrite ! neither your symjmthy or your tears would 
avail you anything ; and let me tell you that when you ciossed my path, 
you made an enemy that will dog your steps to the very end of the earth 
for his revenge. 

Ralph. Out u^on you for a sneaking villain. Let me advise yon to 
have done with your empty threats, and turn your attention to the duly 
you have sworn to perform, and if an ail-wise providence shall see fit \o 
spare your worthless life to see the end of your term, return home le- 
solved to become a man. Marry if you will, but be sure that you select a 
good woman — one that will assist you in your resolution of reform. 
Have a care, however, that she has not a decided preference for some one 
else, as in such a case you might have a second attack of this teriible af- 
flict ion, and really do something desi>erate — cut your own throat perha[)S, 
or, what would be still worse, become :•. helpless love-cracked subject for 
some mad-liouse. 

Bos. {maddened, advances on Ralph with upliflcd a>-ni ta strike). Prating 
fool ! this for your advice ! 

Ralph (^facing him, and offering Jiii person to Bosworth's blow). Strike I 
(BoswosTH joaM,?fs) Strike ! (Boswdrth retreats, his arm gradaahi) falling) 
WiiV don't you strike 1 {'^a-lvyi folhnvs him up. When Boswoutu has re- 
t'-ca'cd to the wings, U., Iiis aria has fallen and himself complelcltj cowed) 
Contemptable coward \ {striking Bosworth om breast with fiat of his hand) 
off with yon, or I will enter a complaint against you to the captain for 
your disloyalty, and see you safely guard-housed. 

Bos. {menacing). Ralph Evans, this matter does not end here. 

[E-vii, threateningly, k. 
Enter Steubex, l. 

William {slapping Ralph on the hack). Good boy, Ralph ! good boy I 
I've been watching ye for the last fifteen minutes, and I had to chuckle 
right out to hear you talk to that blarsted snake. When you spoke 
about his bein' love-c:acked that fairly riled him. He wanted to belt 
yui in the gob about that time, but he hadn't the uarve. Ye looked him 



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down. I was in Itopps he would In ike a parse for ye, for I wanted to see 
\e whale hiia like all possessed. 1 stood there readj', in case he should 
liapin to be a leet,Ie tew much for ye, when I should have dropf)ed on 
him mosc dreadfiillj'. If I wouldn't liave mopped the ground round 
about here for a couple of rods uiih his darned carcass, it would be be- 
cause I lacked ihe wheiewiUi to do it, I can tell ye. Mortal man, I 
never ached and itched so in all my boi'ii days, to reach out for a feller's 
«meller as I did for his. I tell ye what it is, now Ralph, {holdintj up his 
clenched fisf) if that had brought up airainst his snute, I think by this 
lime he'd have nothin' but nostrils all over his phiz. It would have b'^eu 
about the sickest lookiu' bugle ever seen in this section, [ warrant ye. 

Ralph. I am glad there were no blows, Bill. I doa't want any 
iroublo with him, and I guess now there is litile dinger of aijy. 

Will. I dunno about that. I think you've only made him all the 
•wuss. I don't expect he'll tackle ye face to face, but sometime when ye 
hain't thinkin' he'll be at yer back. There's no knowin' but what tiie 
darned skunk may put a builet through ye the first time the regiment, 
goes into a muss. Nobody would be the wiser; it couldn't be prove! 
that ye wan't killed by a shot from the enemy, ye see. 

Ralph. Oh, well. Bill, a fellow of his pattern ain't agoing to be think- 
ing of very little else but the safety of his own head during an engage- 
ment, L:^t a shell ex[)lode within a few feet of him, and he will think no 
juore of the reven2,e he taJks about until t!ie rage of battle is -over. 

Will. I can't agree with ye quite, R ilph .; it's plain he's a confounded 
coward, but ye see he's been biliii' over now for four years, and hain't 
got much care about life. Now ye hnd to laugh 'cause I tried to warn 
ye agif» him, but ye found out that I was light arter all, and ye will see 
diat I am right ia what I say now. Mark my words, that darned Buzz- 
wuih will make an attempt to trip ye yet. • 

Ralph. Well, he won't find me nappiug; but still I do not apprehend 
anything very serious; if I did I should make known to the captain his 
avowed disloyalty, which would probably shut him up for a while at- 
Jeast. That is the most I tear in him, and in that I shall watch him. 
By-the-way, Bill, we had better retu n to camp; it is nearly tinii for 
dress parade. 

Will. Never you mind about dress parade ; we hain''t got to appear at 
that raanosuf'ver. The way I hai)peiied to bring around here in time to 
«ee t!;a* frolic, was because the oiderly sergeant sent rae out to look for 
ye. (BoswoRTU appearsR., hslemn/f) Corporal Eicketts, Jack Swinger, you 
and me, have got to go out on picket to-night, out lo the ravine. I guess 
nve migiit as well b^ going to camp and getting ready. I'll spe if I can 
see anything of Ricketis and Swingpr on the bench, (Bosworth retires) 
and you be walkiu' along slortdy to camp. [Bjcit Ralph, l., Stkdbkn, k. 

Enter Bosworth, e , caudausli/. 

Bos. On picket to-night at the ravine. A thought strikes me that tliis 
is my chance. I have so thoroushly exposed myself to Evans, that I 
shall be narrowly watched and perhaps defeated. I can reach tlie Con- 
federate lines within an hour, and when darkness rei^ns cnn lead a de- 
tachment to the ravine and capture them all. Evans once a prisoner, my 
fanu- begins. I will return to camp ami collect my clothing, and be well 
on my way before they miss me at parade. [ Exit, h. 

SCENE III. — The picJcet po t near the vvit'e. A teoaded bnnl,-. Lnrja n» the 
stige to sit on. The sticks for aits hjiiuj handij. Ralph, Rickktt.s, 



ACT TI. l;o 

STEtJBEJf, Swr^rGEr:, dheovered in {lie ad of removing Uanhets from 
shoulders, etc. The ' old guard " supposed to have just retired. 

Rick. Well, boys, here's wliere we've got to liatiT out for Uie next 
tweiily-fouf hours ; so mike yourselves at home. Stack your arm<, ;tiiil 
take tilings cool. I suppose one has got to be ou the watch all the time. 
You can suit yourselves about who shall go on first, {they stuck arms, etc.) 

Will. Let's draw cuts, that's about the fairest way. Come, Joe, you 
git the sticks ready. 

Rick, {picking up slicks, three of them, one extremely long). Well, shortest 
has first lelief. 

Will. No gougin' now, Joe. 

Rick. Here you are, go ahead, Bill ; you are so afraid of being gouged. 

Will, [drawing long stick and displaying it). Well, I think it hain't me 
tint's goin' on fust. 

Rick. Here, Ralph, (Ralph draw<) ihat's the second in length, so it's 
Swinger that has got to lake the lirs6 relief. (Ralph lies down an4 i/ms t> 
sleep.) 

SwiN. Well, that suits me. Where shall I stand, and what shall I 
watch 1 {comes forward.') 

Rick. Well, stand about here, anywhere, and the onlj' point an enoniy 
will come from will be by that path that leads along the edge of the 
ravine, {pomtinr/ u.) 

Will. Say, Swinger, you want to keep about as good a walch in ihat 
direction, (pointing l ) for the officer of the day, ns you do anywheie. 
Them chaps, they sneak aner a feller so darned sudden sometimes, iliaL 
they caich him all unaware.';. Now, then, I'm going to have a sinoko. 
{lights pipe, they sit.) 

Rick. That's me, Bill, {lights pipe) If it wan't for i)ipe and tobatec-, 
wiiai should we do 1 

Will. I dumio, ii'a nu pll-Miunderin' comfort, that's a fact; but, then 
here's Ralph, he don't smoke, and yet he's as happy as any on us. By- 
the-way, Joe, did you know that Ralph and Buzzwuth came putty ni^h 
havin' a sel-tii jest afore we left camp ? 

Rick. Is that so 1 How did that come about ? 

Will. Well, I can't tell exactly, only I found \\m jest afore I cnme 
across yx>\\ on the beach, and they was talkin' plain English to one 
'nother, and they finally got to goin' so strong that Buzzwuth was iioin' 
to wa'le in, but he backed down in time to save himself from a darned 
sjo 1(1 i)ummellin£r, for it' Ralph hadn't done it I shoul I. You see, what 
I've been tellin' Raliih all along turned out lest as J said. That darned 
liyena of a Bwzzwuih has cum out here to pay off an old grudge. 

Rick. Well, I thought as much, but I haven't said so outright. 

Will. You see, this Buzzwuth, he was crazy arter Charlotte Tisdale, 
and Ralph he was rather sweet on her tu, so he up and married her, and 
that set the devil risht into Buzzwuth, although I don't believe the gal 
would had him anyway. But he don't thiidc that, and he's jest high- 
daddy arter what he calls revenge. Poor deluded cuss. I've read about 
just such proceedings in the story books, whar a cupple fellers would 
be arter one sal, but the rao>t gallus one would always win, then ihar 
would be " music in the air." For a spell the feller what got cut out 
would blu-^ter and spout about his " sweet vengeance." I thought such 
darned nonsense was unfashionable now days, but it seems not. We've 
^ot a case right in our midst. 

^ Rick. Yes, Bill, and how do you know but what one of them samo 
gallus fellers is after yonr Becky. 

Will. Oh, that's all darned nonsense to snppo.se any such stuff. 



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Rick. I don't know about that. I think you will find out tlmt many 
a chap that'.s '• left, liis jiirl behind liini " will oo bnck lo find onl that 
somebody more <iaiius than hiniselt lias taken possession. 

Will. Oii, well, that may be, Iml I want you to undeistand that my 
Beckv hain't one of them kind — she's true blue. 

Rick. It's a good thing to think so ; but, alter all, you may be mis- 
taken. 

Will. Just see hei-e, Joe Ricketts, if you don't want your name on 
the sick list to-morrer, you'd better not indulge in any more remarks of 
that discription about Miss Buckheart, because there's a muta! under- 
Rtandin' 'tween her an me. and anything said agin her causes a sort of 
an " iii-epressible c inflict" to rise iiisido of me, and the probabilities is 
that the man that caused that feelin' would git a darned good dressin' 
out. 

Rick. Yon mean by that, that if I don't want to be thrashed, I must 
not expre.ss my belief that your intended may prove false, even if I think 
so. 

Will. Precisely so, for by the great horn spunes, I'd lick ye if ye was 
as big as a meetin' house. 

Rick. Dun't you s^e that in the end you would be the worse off? for 
you would he arrested, guard-housed, court-martialed, and perhaps have 
a ball a id chain tor a companion for a number of weeks. 

Will. Wiiat do you 'spose I should care about that, as long as T had 
the satisfaction of thumping your darned sconce 7 I guess you'd have 
about as much cause lo remember the lesson Bill Steuben taught ye on 
" vulgar fractions," as I should guard-house, chains, ball, and everything 
else. No, sir, Joe, I'd lick ye if ye was Gen'l McClellan himself. Just 
.see thar. {rdining one of his feet in the air) If that should git arter ye I'd 
hate to be answerable for the condition j'e'd be in when it got thron2;h 
with ye. You wouldn't be able to set down for more'n a fortnit. The 
style that chip has got of obeyin' my orders is fearful to relate. I tell ye; 
and by t!ie time I told him to "cease firin'," I am prilly much of the 
opinion that you'd cuss the da)' that you ever breathed a .syllable agin 
Becky Buckheart. 

SwiN. [sndiletilij looking q^L.). Here comes the officer of the day, boys. 

Rick. Get into line then, lively, boys. Ralph ! Ralph ! jump up ; the 
officer of the day is coming, {^they take arms and form a line from R. to l., 
Ricketts on the right:) 

Bnicr Officer of the Day, hurriedly, l. 

Officer {snlutiugj. Corporal, have any of the men been out nere from 
camp since you reljeved the " old guard 1" 

Rick. No, sir ! tiiere has been no one near us. 

Officer. Theie has been no detachment of the regiment in this neigh- 
borhood then 1 

Rick. No, sir. 

Officer. Well, you must keep a good look-out through the night in 
all directions. It is supposed one of the men has gone over to the 
enemy. The Colonel has sent out scouring parties to search for him. 
Be careful and not fire into them should any of them return this way. 
{all appear interested.) 

Will. Cap'n, wlio is the feller that has vamoosed % 

Officer. Ilis name is Hugh Bosworth. He belongs to your company.* 

Will. Yon don't say so ! By thunder and lightnin', Ralph, what do 
ve think c.° ;«dt f 



ACT II. 25 

Ralph. It is just what I was afraid of. How long has he been miss- 
ing, captain 1 

Officer. He was absent at the roll-call at " dress parade," and one 
of the men reports having seen him with a bundle under his arm walking 
rapidly toward the woods in this direction. I think he must be hid 
somewhere in the underbrush with the intention of making his way to tlie 
enemy during the night; so you see it behooves you to be vigilant. 

Corporal ! the countersign is {advancing and whispering in Ricketts' 

ear) I have other posts to visit and give the si me caution. 

[Exit, li., they stack their arms. 

Will. Well, there's no use in " ciyin' for spilt milk ;" but I'm hanged 
if I ain't .sorry, Ralph, that you didn't maul that cuss so he couldn't 
walk. 

Ralph. I think he must have been taken with a fear that I would 
complain to the oflScers of his disloyal attitude, and thinking that he 
might be arrested, he concluded to desert. 

Rick. That seems to me very reasonable. 

SwiN. As Nipper says, I think so tpo. 

Will. I wonder if he's given up the idea of takin' his revenge out of 
you now, Ralfih ] 

Rick. I guess he's postponed that matter until some more favorable 
oporlunity offers. 

Will. Perhaps he's " laid it on the table " for an " indefinite period." 

SwiN. Ain't it time I was relieved, Joe 1 

Rick, {looking ai watch). Yes, Jack, your time is up. Who is agoing 
to take tiip next relief 1 

Will. Well, if Ralph ain't particular, I'll go on number tew. (takes his 
gun from stack) I always feel my oats somehow when I'm on guard, (strut- 
ting about awkwardlg) Tliere are a good many fellers that can't stand to 
have any authority given 'um, and I guess I'm a little inclined that way m v- 
self. 1 rather like the idee of fetchia' these fellers tiiat wear the straps up 
all stan'in'. Now, suppose for instant, Major-Gen'l Contraband was com- 
in', (looking off l ) I siiould stratin' up and eye him like a turkey gobbler, 
and when he got near enuff I sliould jest bring up the old fuzee, (coming 
to a readg) and com'and " Halt ! Benjamin ! je.st drop down off that ere 
hoss and waddle up to nie like a good boy, and give me the countersign. 
Cum, be lively now, and no blinkin' about it, old spooney, or down goes 
you ker poodle." That's the time ye see a common gentleman of the 
ranks has the advantage of these shoulder straps and paper dickies. By 
the jingle derry cu;s, wouldn't I like to see that ere Buzzwuth's hr-ad 
stickin' out from behind that ere tree. Oh, dear me, how dreadful quick 
the contents of this shutin' iron would travel for him, (at an aim) and I 
am i)ositively of the opinion that if he had any brains it would find 'um. 
What ye thinkin' 'bout, Ralph ] Hain't maldn' up a speech, be ye, to 
splutter out when ye git to Congress 1 'Spose ye expect to go, don't ye 1 
Ye know what those old political machine tenders told us, don't ye ? "Go 
it, my*bullies ! we'll hold yer bunnets ! We'll stand to yer backs till yer 
bowels are demoralized, and if any of ye should happen to cum back, 
why, we'll put ye in orfis." Whar's my canteen 1 (goes and gets canteen) 
Guess I'll -wash that down (drinks) every time I think of it. I have to 
down wiih some liquids to keep it from comin' up. It don't seem to 
want to stay down, some how. My inards are rather sensitive. It's a 
pritty hard job to make 'um take soft-soap for jelly ; but in this case I 
don't see as tliar's any need <>f bein' shaky. I don't believe Charley 
SuuiiHT and 1I<mi. Wilson, and .scores of others I might mention, that 
haven't diino anyUiinL' for years hut wear out the seats of (heir panta- 
loons in the Gcuate and HoUuC of Kopre^entativcj, mctn to bay anything 



llipy don't mean. I think them cbaps, wlion tlie)' see us comin' liur.i, 
•will take off tlieir liats and say, '■ Here, ^^eiillemen ! walk in and lake 
our seats ; you've saved the country. Now, ilien, we waul to see if you 
can't lielp steer the old shi[) of state." Now, Rilpli, he'd made a i'ust 
rate chap for Governor, and I intend to vole fm- him whether anybody 
else does or not. Will ye accept, R ilph, if we'll eleci ye ? 

Ralph. I am afraid you would have a hard job to wash that down, 
Bill, Don't you tiiiuk you can find some one that is better filled for the 
position, than I am, and whose claims are stronger than mine 1 

SwiN. Put up Nipper, Bill. He'd make a good one. 

RiCK. There would be one thing about Sol ; lie woulil think just as 
everybody else did, .so that they couldn't find much fault wiili liim. 

Will. Yes, he'd make a l.ealtliy Governor. You tellers are trifling 
with the subject, but I w.is never more .-erious in my life. Now I think 

ll^iiph would be jist the teller. T eis only jest one tiling I've got 

agin him — ihat is, he don't slick out beliind his ears quite enougli. He 
ouglit to have a leetle more combaiitiveness. If he had just a leeile whit 
more to ov.'rcum that chicken-heaited-ativeness, why yer see he'd gin 
tiiat Bnzzwuih such a danu'd irouncin' tint he wouldn't been able to 
desert for several days yei. 

SwiN. But he would have gone sooner or 1 iter, and I think it is better 
as it is. What is the use in keepimr such tellers ? you can't iiust 'em on 
picket or allow them to go into l>alile, for fear ihey will .--kedaddle. He 
would be nolhinfr hut a u.seless expense, eating up rations and the like. 

Will. Speakin' 'bout rations, puis me in mind tiiat I'm inmgry. Gues.s 
I'll have to lunch a little, (ffoca to Jxivernack and t'kis out a turf/e bone) 
Ah ! ha ! there ye be. {holdinj it up) Fellers, there's a bone lor ye. I 
gobbled that the oilier night out of ihe cook's tent. I've been feaslin' 
on it by spells ever since. I uuess I can lig^er on three or four more 
meals on it yet. {ffnnwmg bone.) 

Rick. I say, Bill! don'i let, liiat bone lake your mind rnlirely oft" your 
business. You know we are ordered to look sharp lo-niglit. 

Will. Oh, never you mind, Joe. I'm not the ciitier that's to let any 
skulkin' be <;oin' on in the neishhorlio.nl unobsarved. [lo'iJcing off V. , utid 
titnrtinr/ with surprise, drojypvii) bone, bringing tip his gun) 13y the limpin' 
Moses ! Joe! I guess ye spoke in the nick o' time. Conic iieie, quick! 
(RicKETTS comes forW'i}-d to Stkubkn) See thar', do^vn yonder, creepin' 
along by tlie side of the ravine I {pointing) Do ye .see anyihinu 1 (Ralph 
and SwiKGER fule arms and come down front, brtnging-RjcKETTn' gun to 
him, and a I engigc i>i looking off k) 

Ricic. I do indeed ; some ten <r twelve men all ; mol. It must be. 
<.:ie of the squads sent out from camp to search for Bos.^orth. I'll halt 
I'leni bef >re they get loo close to make everything safe, liowever. (bringitig 
his gun to n rcadg, the others stepping buck a Idle) Halt ! wlio comes there'? 
{louder) Hill' (^stiU louder) Hall! Boys I (^timing ti his men) liiese chaps 
are Rebels ! {cvcifedlg) Discharge yoiir piece; at liirm ami fall back to 
the road, (jheg fire one after another, Ualpii firing list.) 

Will. Tliar' liiey cum full chisel; they are too many for us. Dig is 
the word. (r.r'< "// bii' Ralph, hurriedly, l., ".i he turns to go a shot is fired 
from tlie right, he stnggers and falls wounded, as Bosworth and Rebel 
Soldiers enter ii., hurried g.) 

Bosworth. So far well done, [laughing hgitericallg) Ha, ha, ha, iia. 
{iheg group around Ralph forming tableaux. Bosworth exultingly bends 
ot'er him. Quick drop.) 

END of act second. 



UT 



ACT III. 

SCENE I. — Same as Scene J., Act I. Charlotte at table in black attire. 

Charlotte {sadly). Alas ! alas ! wliat a change has three short months 
worked in this household. Ralph a prisoner, his mother dead ! how it 
likens lo a sorrowful dream — a uream which as j-et knows no daybreak, 
continuing unbroken by any promised ray of sunlight, perhaps to reveal 
still sadder chapters to my aching heart. Oh ! Ralph ! Ralph ! what 
cruel interposition of destiny is this, and what is to be its endl 

Enter Slatbr, l. 

Slater. Good-morning, Mrs. Evans. (Charlotte rises and places chair 
for him) I thousht I would step in and inquire after you, and see if you 
had heard anything as yet from Ralph, {sits.) 

Char. Ah 1 Mr. Slater, we have learned nothing of him since his cap- 
ture, which, you know, happened some three months ago. Becky goes 
regularly to the mail, but returns with the same answer, nothing, noth- 
ing ! She occasionally hears from William Steuben, but he can only tell 
us what we already know. Oh ! if I could only find out where he is con- 
fined, I would fly to him. Surely they would not deny me the privilege 
of seeing him. {lits near table, facing Slater.) 

Slat. I hardly think they would, and yet why do they not permit him 
to write to you"? 

Char. Perhaps he may be sick and unable to write, and if so, how 
much may he not suffer for want of proper care. Thoughts like these 
fill my mind daily, and drive me nearly to distraction. 

Slat. You must endeavor to be composed, Mrs. Evans. He may be 
in good health and properly cared for. 

Char. No, it must be that he is sick and cannot write, and that there 
is no one near him he can ask to do it for him. 

Slat. You may be right, but you should not allow yourself to be 
without hope. He may be exchanged or paroled. 

Char. I have tried to think so, and at times have strong hopes that 
such will be the case; but, then again, the chances are so great that he 
piay die before such an event, that despair creeps upon me. 

Slat. Did his mother know that he was a prisoner ? 

Char.* We tried to keep it from her ; but she mistrusted from our 
manner, and our avoiding as much as possible to speak of him in her 
presence, so that we were finally compelled to tell her, as the suspicion 
appeared to worry her. 

Slat. Poor lady ! her death will be a blow to Ralph when he learns 
of it. 

Char. It will indeed, and how desolate it has made our home. She 
so much wanted to see her boy ; but, here is Becky. 

Enter Becky, l. 
There was no letter 1 

Becky- I have got a letler, Charlotte, and it's from the South; but it 
is not Ralph's writing on the envelope ; but I think it must contain 
something about him. {gives ktter to Charlotte, who opens it; takes off 
hat and shmol, placing them in closet, r.) 

Char, {looking nt letter). From Hugh Bosworth ! 

Becky. Hugh Bosworth ! that's funny. 

Slat. Bosworth ? IhU is slraugc. Does he write about Ralph 1 



28 iOlLED. 

CiiAR. {reading). " If you would s?e Ralph alive, come immediately." 
That is all he says concerning him, then he goes on to describe llie route 
for me to take. 

Slat. But how does it happen that he is with Ralph 1 

Char. He must have been taken prisoner with him. But William 
said nothinti about it, did he Becky 1 

Becky. No, he has never mentioned his name. I don't quite like the 
looks of that business. 

Slat. I think he must have been captured with Ralph, as you say ; 
but what do you infer from what he has written 1 

Char. That Ralph must be very sick. Oh, had I the means — but I 
will reach him. [ivith dctcnnmatwii.) 

Slat. Never fear about the means, Mrs. Evans. You shall have the 
money to go with if you think it best to go. But what will you do with 
your child ? 

Char. He will remam here with Becky. 1 cannot take him without 
exposing him to greater danger than lie will encoimter here at home. 

IJecky. He will be perfectly safe here; but, Cl-arlotte, I don't think 
you really onslit to go. I don't believe a word that letter says. 

Char. Becky, my dear ! what object could Huc;h Bosworth have in 
writing me such a letter ? It is plain enough to my mind that Ralph is 
prostrated with some disease, dying perhaps. I must go to him. 

Becky. But where will you stay ? 

Char. Wherever I find him. If it be in some hospital, there at his 
berlside shall I remain ; if in some prison, there with him shall be my home. 

Slat. A noble resolution ! and on second thought, I see no hindrance 
to its execution. You may meet some little delay in getting transferred 
to the rebels lines. Once there you will follow your instructions given in 
the letter, and will find little difficulty in reaching the place where Ralph 
is held prisoner. Should you not be allowed to remain with him con- 
stantly, you will have to find a place to board. Select sjmo quiet family 
to stop with, where you will not be exposed to the insulting manner of 
the ranker class. You will need some money to secure this to you, and 
I will provide you with it. No thanks ! recollect my promise to Ralph, 
it is my simijle duty, and ])erforni it I will, i will now bid you good- 
morning. You can expect a boy here soon with a i)ackage containing the 
money ; by him you can send me word when you shall go, and I well see 
you depart. Heaven guard you, and grant that you may be succ?ssfiil. 

[Exit, L. 

Beck. What a good man Mr. Slater is. lie always inquires every 
lime I see him how we are getting along, and if we liear from the army. 

Char. He is indeed a good man. This is the first, and I hope ilie 
only lime we shall have cause to test Ids gener.isiiy. But, Becky, it is 
my intention to start to-day ; there is no reason for tlelay. You will take 
good care of Eddie in my absence. I shall ask iMr. Slater to have a care 
over you. You will not be afraid to remain here ? 

Beck. Afraidi oh, no indeed ! but how long do you think you shall 
stay, Charlotte 1 

Char. Oh ! I cannot tell. But I shall not return as long as my 
presence is of any value to Ralph's comfort, but he m.iy be paroled or 
exchanged soon. In that case I should leturn inuuadiitely, but I must 
prepare for my journey. Come, Becky, you can assist me. [Exit, k. 

SCENE 11.— Fnson interior. 

Rai-PH disovcrrd seated on a stool, r. A himdle of strnc nn the floor ct hick, 
for a bed. Rali'u a'Aircd in old ijnnj elotli.a. 



ACT Tir, 29 

Ralph (musing). This is most strange to say the least. Were I an 
officer of higli rank, I siiould not be surprised at receiving this extraor- 
dinary treatment. But a common S')l(iier, captured on the picket line in 
a wounded condiiion, to receive, as I have, ti]e care from the hands of a 
gentle and unassuming familj', under whose proteciion I had heen 
placed, and after a return lo heaUh and strength, to be held here 
singly, instead of being forwarded to some depot for Federal prisoners, 
shows plainly that, I ani indebted in somebody ; wliom thai sompi)ody is, 
I can in no wise ima.qine. That Hugh Bo^Avorth worked my capture I 
am convinced. That he has befiiended me since that event, I can 
scarcely believe. And yet he appears to have me in his keeping. He 
visits me daily, answer.s all my inquiries with a willingness that surprises 
me. I have been allowed to write liome; and in fact nothing that could 
be reasonably allowed, has been denied nn. {noise of unbarring prison 
door, L.') My captor is about to pay me his usual visit. 

Enter BoswouTir, l., clad in gray undress, slouched hat, etc. 

Bos. Well, Evans ! how do you find yourself to-day 1 

Ralph. Improving. I think I am nearly as strong as I was before I 
received mj' woimd, thanks to the very kind treatment I have received 
in this place. 

Bos. Well, I am not sorry ; but. I suppose you have been, and are still 
somewhat puzzled at your situation ? 

Ralph I am s", for I expected to be confined witii other prisoners. 

Bos. And of course vou are not aware to whom vou are indebted for 
all this ? 

Ralph. Indeed I am not, • 

BoR. Listen ! and I will explain all. You must know that it was I 
that led lo your capture? 

Ralph. I suspected as much. 

Bos. Right ! it was for that purpose I deserted. I knew you were to 
be at that post, and I made my way to the Confederate lines, where I had 
littlj difficulty in making known my object, and easily obtained, and led 
a detachment of men to the ravine with the intention of capturing you 
all ; but you in particular. I should like to have brought back wiTh me 
that blabbing Yankee ; but am contented in capturing you. I riid not 
intend to have you hurt; but, as I saw you would escape, I dirrcled one 
of th» men to cripple you. We then brought you to this place, where I 
liad you placed in good hands, and had tlie satisf;iction of seeing you 
rapidly recover. About three weeks ago I thouaiit you well enough to 
try prison life, and accordingly brought you here — here you will re- 
niam. 

Ralph. One word — are you in the Confederate service ? 

Bos. I am not in the army at present. 

Ralph. Then how do you bring this about ? 

Bos. Oil, easy. First, for the information I gained for the Confederates 
relative to the strength and position of the Union armies, I asked of them 
to give you to my charge, which they readily assented to. 1 have also 
an uncle in the army — an officer of high rank. His influence is worth 
something, you see. After I get through with this job, I shall accept s 
commission in the Confederate service. 

Ralph. WpII ! may I ask what you intend doing with me 1 

Bos. You certainly ci-n, and I will answer you j)lainly. You will re- 
collect. Et-ans, the day of your capture, yon and I came to an under- 
Rtnndinsl I then informed you we should have more to say on the sub- 
ject. That .'ame dny you fell into my p jwer. ^could have easily carri'ed 



80 TOILED. 

my threat into execation on that day ; but I hit npoa a more glorious 
plan, 1 liave wailed for your restoiation to lioalili tliat you may be the 
better able to act your part with your usual couraye, for you Will need 
all you possess, 1 assure you. 

Balph. Really ! this grows interesting — proceed. 

Bos. Heretofore you have lacked nothing to make your confinement 
easy and c)mfortable ; but a decided change in the programme is to take 
place immediately. Your allowance of food, giadually, day by day, I 
shall shorten, until you are so wasted and reduced in .strength that you 
cmuot crawl from your miserable pallet. Starvation, {Jiendishly) Ralph 
Evans, starvatiou in it's most lingering and torturing form awaits you. 

RAiiPU. Mignanimous. 

Bos. And to add greater miseiy, your fond wife shall visit you daily 
in my company — nnable to render any assistance. She can only look on 
and groan. That will be music to your ears ; it will take away so much 
from the pang of death. 

Ralph {risinj). Fiend ! you can lake my life by any method you will, 
but you will never have the pleasure of witnessing the grief you would 
cause my wite by such unparalleled inliiunauity. 

Bos. {mockinghj). Indeed ! are you positive 1 

Ralph. I am, wretch, for the reason that she will never obey your 
summons hither. 

Bos. Liste 1. A number of days since I penned your wife a note, the 
tone of whic i was that you were dying, and bidding her to hasten to 
your side if she would see you again alive. It will produce the desired 
result unless I greatly mistake her affection for you. The letters you 
have written her have all been intercepted by me ; so that you see, she 
has not heard from you sinc% your capture. You can consequently im- 
agine her anxiety, and you cannot doubt but that on receiving my mis- 
sive she will accede to its entreaty. 

Ralph. Did it bear your signature ? 

Bos. It did. 

Ralph. Then excuse me for saying, that that alone will be sufficient 
proof to her of the deception. 

Bos. Think you so"? I shall have to differ with you widely. I have 
only been tampering with you. Allow me to inform you, Ralph Evans, 
that your wife has already arrived. 

Ralph {sharp nnd quick). Whatl 

Bos. Even as I say.' She arrived here but two hours since, and is all 
impatience to see you. My plan works, you see. {laughs eztiUingly.) 

Ralph {aside). Oli, what do I hear 1 Do you intend to deny her the 
privilege of seeing me at present 1 

Bos. Oh, no ! by no means. I would have her see you in good health 
at the start. I want her to see the gradual approach of a horrible death, 

Ralph. When may I expect her 1 

Bos. Now. She awaits my appearance to conduct her in. Are you 
prepared to see her 7 

Ralph. Can we be alone 1 

Bos. For a short time only. Hereafter I shall accompany her and 
remain during your interviews ; but you are anxious to see her, and I'll 
show her in. {Exit, l., re-enters with Charlotte, then again disappears 
through the door-ivmj. Charlotte pauses, looks at Ralph, who is standing 
K., unaware of her presence, his mind evidently wandering.) 

Char, {ruihing to Ralph with extended arms). Ralph ! 

Ralph {laming and receiving her in his arms). Charlotte! {half sadly, 
half repronchfidhj) oh, wliy did you come 1 
• Char. {^i<rpris-d at his DKUDxr). Why, R:dph ! not glad to see r 



ACi in. ol 

Ralph. Yes, Charlotte, oli, yes, but 

t'HAK. But what, Ritlpii '! Why do you act and speak bo strangely 1 

Ralph. You came at Bosworih's bidding's 

Chak. Yes. He wrote uie to come it I would see you again alive. 

Ralph. And you find me not as you expecied, at the point of death. 

Chak. Wliicii adds siill greater j )y. 

Ralph {"side), Alas, li^r joy wi.l be too soon turned to woe. But (ob- 
serving her dress) why are you thus draped in mourning 1 how did you 
leave Eddie 1 

Char. I left Eddie well, Ralph. Becky will take good care of him. 
And Mr. Slaier promised me to have a care over them. 

Ralph {hesitating). And mother, Charlotte, is her health better 1 

Char. Your raoiher, Ralph, is dead. 

Ralph {sinking ou siool). Mother dead 1 {resting his arms on his knees, 
buries his face in his hands. Charlotte kneels ot his side, puts hir hand 
upon his shoulder, gazing at him sorrowfully. Slow music. The scene reiises 
(it buck, di covering the spirit form of Mrs. Evans, in apotheosis. Red light, 
let scene fall slowhj.) 

Char. She died nearly four weeks ago. You know I told you in my 
letters of her rapidly failing health. And from about the time you were 
lakt'U prisoner, slie sat up but very little, growing more feeble daily, until 
lier death, she spoke ot you of.en. We were obliged to inform lier of 
your capture, which I tiiink hastened her to her grave. 

Ralph. How has the money lasted which 1 left you 1 

Chak. It is nearly 2one. Your mother's sickness, and the burial ex- 
))enses drew iieavily upon it. 

Ralph. How did you obtain tiie nece.ssary amount to bring you 
liitlicr.' 

Char. Mr. Slater generously placed at my service the needed sum. 
He was in the house when the letter from Bosworth arrived. IFe, upon 
reflection, recommended the course I have taken. 

Ralph. He is indeed a noble man. Would that I might live to see him 
ve]>aid. 

Char. Ralph ! wliat do you mean'? why do you act so gloomy 1 {ris- 
ing) My presence seems to give you pain. I expected to see you over- 
joyed at my coming. There is something you are hiding from me — re- 
veal to me the cause of your sorrow ! 

Ralph. There is indeed something of which jou are still ignorant ; 
but you will learn too soon. Something at which the stoutest heart 
would shrink from in horror 

Char, (ulirmcd). Oa, heavens ! whnt mean you "? speak I 

Ralph {ns »g and endc- raring to overcome his feelings). P xir girl ! you 
lilile dream, [bursring tvUh frenzg, pressing hii head tvilh his hinds, clutch- 
ing his hair, etc , rushing over to l.) Oh, brain! is this madness 1 

Char. Ralph ! Rali)ii ! in pity don't ! tell me all. I will endure it ! I 
will share with you your grief, [trying to console him.) 

Ralph. It is best you should know it, that you may be prepared to' 
meet it. {pause, during which he becomes more composed) You can see that 
Bos worth IS my keeper "? 

Char. Yes, I was wondering how that should be — has he turned 
rebel 1 

Ralph. AVorse than that, he has turned demon. It was he who made 
me a prisoner, for the purpose of carrying into execution an oath of 
vengeance. 

Char. On whom ? surely not you. 

Ralph. Yes ; but not me only — you also have got to fall beneath his 
avenging stroke. 



;j2 Kdll.KlJ, 

Char. You amaze rae. How linve we evev wronged liim 1 Wliai 
prompts hiis! to sucli an trml '! 

Ralph. Voii retused to become his wife, f^tiuig to despertilion, lie 
swore revenge ; to seek it lie Joliowed me into ilie service. His sinsular 
deportment attracted the attention of a number of the comimny. and 
WilHam Steuben warned me several times to be on my guard. I ihonglit 
it a fooiish suspicion, until one day we came to words, during wliich he 
completely unfolded himself a scheming villain. That night 1 was 
placed on the picket-line ; he kiiowiijg the precise locality, deserted to 
the rebel lines, procured a small force, led them to the place w here I was 
on duty, and nude me prisoner. The Confederate authorities have re- 
warded him for his services by consigning me to his charge at his request. 
You see, Charlotte, that I am wholly in his ))osver, and not myself alone, 
but you. The letters which 1 have written you have all been stayed by 
him. During the time 1 have been recovering frum a painful wound re- 
ceived at my capture, anxiety had Uiken posse.ssion ot you. Bosworth 
knew this, followed up the advantage; the result is, you are here in the 
villain's coils. You cannot return, you will be compelled to remain, am 
witness my f.ite. Tiiat is your portion. 

Char. Your fate shall be mine. He shall see that we can defy him — 
even in the jaws of dt aili. 

Ralph. Nay, Charlotte, obstinacy will avail us nolhinj. He has the 
power against which my sinaie arm is stiengthless. This is the only in- 
terview we shall be allowed alnne ; hereafter, when you vi-it nie he svill 
conduct you, and remain. Should you refuse you will be dragged 
here. 

Char. I could not refuse to see you ; I shall beg of him to allow me 
to remain with you. 

Ralph. That wil prove fruitless ; it will interfere with his foul design. 
Previous lo admitting you, he disclosed to me my doom. A miserable 
death awaits me — a dealli by a slow process of starvation. 

Char, {horrified). Oh, merciful Heaven ! prevent this inhuman monster 
from a deed so black. 

Ralph. For myself I could brave it; but to know that you too must 
bear a part makes me cowaidly. 

Char. Is there no way to escape this dreadful fate 7 

Ralph. None ! none ! my j)risoii is strong. There is but that single 
entrance, {jwintiug l.) which is strongly barred, and guarded upon the 
outside by a sentinel. I have nothing with which 1 could make any im- 
l)ie.ssion upon these strong walls, and if I had, il, would be useless to 
ihink of gaining an o[)ening for escape, fur I shall be closely watched. 
While my strength lasts, could 1 but once g.iin the street, I think I could 
escape easily. You see I am clad in gray, and would pass for a Co: fed- 
er.iie soldier. There is but a small force here, I think, and it is not gen- 
erally known that a Federal prisoner is confined here. Once beyond the 
pickets, I could soon make my way to the place where, perhaps, my regi- 
' ment is still encamped ; but it is utterly impossible lor me to gain the 
open air. Bosworth is triumphant. Providence only can stay him in bis 
devilish work, {noise of unbarring the door) He returns ; what should keep 
me from throttling him 1 Surely my fate could be no worse, {they cross 
to B.) 

Enter Bosworth, l., he pauses, L. , 

Bos. I am very sorry to be obliged to bring this pleasant interview to 
a close, but duty compels it, and you know one has to do a great many 
unpleasant things in the discharge of duty. 

Char, {facing him). Unpleasant ! thou villain of the darkest dye, a; 



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ilie siijlit of wlinm natnrp sickens, and from wliose poi-;onous presence 
Mian lecoils in di^misu What can llieie exist nmli'i- ilie pine lieavens, si> 
vile, so ie|)ni;nHia to every liiimaii sense, in the tiansactio.i of wliicii 
you woulil experience one feeling of unpleasantness 1 

Bos. Tut! uit ! tnndani ; for the tjieat, service 1 liave ren 'ered yon, 
this is payment in dovvini<i|it ingraiilude. You for;;et lliat it was 1 wlio 
restored yo;; lo your husband's arms. 

Guar. Miserable trickster ! and lor what purpose ? 

Bos. Ha, lia, lia, iia ! Your liege lord has then coramnnicaled to yon 
the secret of my inlenlions. 'Tis well ; it saves me the trouble of becom- 
ing your informant. (iv/tJi boldnrst) The mask is off; look at me. A vil- 
lain, if you will iiave it so ; but mark me, wliat is the cause 1 T.dce it 
well home to yourself — you are responsible. 

Char. 1 1 Heaven forbid! (Ralpu s:Is bun/inj his face in hands.) 

Bos. Did you not spurn me — spit upon me 1 Did you not reject lur 
proffered hand to become tiie wife of that grovelling worm'? (pointing to 
Ralph.) 

Char. Had I encouraged j-our attentions. Hugh Bosworlh, you might 
liave reasons to think 1 had wronged you; but no wrong, liowever great, 
is sufficient cause for this monstrous usurpation of God's laws. Murderer ! 
I did reject you, and at this moment, standing, as I do, upon the very 
brink of the frightful abyss that yawns at llie feet of my lu.sband, {wilk 
emph(isis) thank G>'d. 

Bos. Oil, what a change will a few short days work in you ! You, 
Charlotte Evans, shall yet |)rostrale yourself in the dust at my feet, and 
beg, enlrear, implore me to Blay my avenging liand. 

Chak. Never! vile assassin, never! 1 can atid will die with him. 
{throics hfrself on her knees and clings to Ralph, ivho appeais to be u/icun- 
scio'is of whnt is going on.) 

Bos. ^advancing to her). Not so fast, my fair ladybiid. Snc'i a course 
differs fiom my plan of the campaign. No, no ! I cannot permit you to 
make so heroic a sacrifice of yourself. I want you to lire — live to see 
me triumph — live to see your own heart rent with anguish, by the man 
you now revile and scorn, {sarcastically) Come, come, let us withdraw ; 
we are onlv disturbing liim you so love. He is busy with his own 
thoughts, don't you see ] His present mood requires so'itude. Come, 
let us humor him. Come, come ! Nay, then, if I cannot persuade you, 
1 shall resort to force, (seizing her and forcing her to her Jeet.) 

Char, {struggling). Re. ease me, monster ! Unhand me. Ra'ph \ 
Rilph! 

Ralph {arousing and springing to his feel). Wretch ! fiend incarnate ! 
{rushi:^ on Bos WORTH, tiinj struggle dei-peratdy, Ralph overcomes Bosworth, 
throwing him and planting his knees on his breast, is choking him. Bosworth 
after struggling violently becomes insensible. Charlotte, who has been watch- 
ing the proceedinus ivilh alarm, now springs to Ralph's side.) 

Char. Rilph! Ralph! don't kill him! don't have his- life to answer 
for. (Ralph unheeding) Ralph ! {trying to pud him aivay) Ralph ! 

Ralph {springing up sudden y). Oh, God I Charlotte, such a thought 
flaslied o'er my mind. 

Char. Speak, Ralph ! Speak, {taking his hand.) 

Ralph {m an excited whisper). See, {pointing at Bosworth) he lies in- 
sensible, scarcely breathes, the prison door is unbarred, I can creep upon 
the sentry, and with one blow, one well-directed blow, remove the only 
obstacle between us and escape. Shall I venture? Shall I allow this my 
only chance to (nervously) What think you, Charlotte ? 

Char, {spellbound). Do I breathe? "A struggle for life and liberty.' 
(recovering) But you have no weapon with which to overcome the guard. 



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RAtpn. The bar to the door— it will servo. The blow struck, I s1)all 
then have the weapon liie sentry ikw lias. Reinaiii here, I will be gone 
but a moment, (.ttficcalo music. Ualpu glides out coutiouslij, L., Charlotte 
watcliiitg .) 

Char. How I tremble! {fjlancing at Boswokth, ^wfif </*?;» off i,.) Shoulil 
be fail! He nears tlie .sentry! he strikes liiiu down wiili the bari he 
drags him tliis way ! How his face beams with hope. 

Enter Ralph, l., dmgging the insensible form cf the rebel sentinel, he (hrous 
him diiun 7te<ir Bosworth, hnstili/ removes his cartridge-box, buckling it 
on himself, disn2)pe(irs again, L., and re-enters with the scntrif's gun.) 

Ralph (Imrriedly). I have only stunned him. AVe will bar the door, 
leaving them i)ris<)ners. (^taking nvnlver from Bosworth's person) Here, 
take this, (jivivg it) keep it concealed, you may need it. Before they 
recover or llie sentry is missed, we can be beyond the picket. I think I 
can strike the lihe where we shall not be observed. I shall pass for a 
rebel soldier, and will walk rapidly through the town, you keepins; close 
behind me. Let ns haste. Courage, and all will be well. {take$ Bo.s- 
woiiTu's hut and is i.boiil to exit, l.) Come ! 

Char. {Imjing her hand on his shoulder). Ralph ! {h« turns, she points up- 
ward. Ralph removes his hat, boics his head as if praying vnthin. Tableaux. 
Scene doses slowly. Slow music, 

SCENE III.— Same as Scene II., Act II. 

Enter Stedben, Swixceu, «««? Nipper, l. 

Swinger. Well, fellers, we've stuck to this place prilty well, ain't wel 
It's six months ago since we came here, and I don't see but what we 
liave got to stay here for some time yet. I don't see any prospects of 
our being relieved, but I for one am satisfied. I had just as sooa stay 
here tJie remainder of ray term as not. 

Nip. So had I. 

SwiN. 1 think we nre lucky in being put here, don't you. Bill 1 

Will. Oli, don't ask me. I don't want anybody to speak to me, and I 
don't want to have anythins to say to anybody. I've got one of my fit.s 
of the blues comin' on, and when I have one of them spells, I feel like 
knockia' the fust man down that looks at me. So don't go to calekisin' 
ttie. , 

Swix. Well, I'm much obliged to you for the caution. I'll keep ray 
disiiince. 

Nip So will 1. 

Swi.N. I dun't know what to make of you. Bill. You act by spells 
something as Bosworth used to, moping around camp, and if anybody 
Bays auything Lo you, why you snap at 'em and make yourself as dis- 
agreeable as you know how. Now what's the reason 1 Why don't you 
try to he as you always was 1 a jolly good feller. 

Will. Now look a-here. Jack. Seems to me you are puttin' on a 
darned signt of cheek to be snifBn' round me, and stickin' your nose inter 
my ))rivate affairs. I told ye once I'd got the blues. Can't a feller have 
the blues, without your goin' inter 'trntrams about it ? I've got a good 
reason for liavin' um, and I'm uoin' to have um, by thunder! I don't 
have um onl}' aemi-occasionally, and if I can't take two or three days to 
myself, for tlie piirpus of aivin' away to my feelin's, and all that sorter 
thin!!, without the whole darned c.irap's bilin* over with curiosity, it's a. 
prilty how de do. 



ACI III. o.> 

Swi:j. You are mnunlin!:^ a pritty high liorte, spenis to me. What do 
you Mipi)osp I care nbo^it your having the bines? if you want 'em you 
-are welcome to 'em for all me. I don't want to see anylliing of 'em. All 
I've got U) say is, don't let 'em get too tight a hoid of you, or you may 
hang yourself to get rid of 'ein ; hows that 1 

Will, {nfler a pause). See heie. Jack ! you are right, and I am wrong, 
but somehow I can't help it. I'll tell you now the cause of my faliiu' 
into "the slougli of di.spond " so much lately. Do you recollect what 
took i)lace thiee months aijo to-night .' 

Swix. {thinking). Three months ago to-night ■? 

Will. I'll tell ye. Three months ago to-night, we were on picket out 
at the ravine, and Rilph Evans was taken pris'ner. Now ye know 1 

SwiN. Yes, indeed. I recollect that night well, but I had forootfen 
the date. But why should you be blue about that any more than Rickelts 
nnd I ■? We all felt bad enough fur a while, but it soon wore away. 
What's the use in allowing it to bother you now ? 

Will. There are several reasons why I can't get over that little muss. 
Fust, it comes home a leelle closer to me than it does to the rest on ye, 
for ye know my gal lives with Ralph's folks ; in fact she's been a sort of 
sister on his, and I know putty nigh how plaguey down in the mouth his 
wife and Becky must felt, when I writ to uin about it, and they probably 
feel all the wiiile just as 1 do by spells, only a darned sight wuss. 

Swix. Did vou tell um it was Bosworlh's doings ? 

AViLL. No, I never mentioned his mine. What would be the nsel 
that would only make utn stew all the more. Another thing that I cant 
get over, is to think that we all left liim lo fall inter their han(i>. 1 
thought he was with us all the time until we fetched up on the road, and 
when I found out he was missin', I would liave gone back and fonclit 
the darned skunks, if any one on ye had had the pluck to gone with luo. 

Swix. That would been most awiul foolish. They were four to our 
one. and would have picked us oft' in no lime; and besides, firing at 'em, 
we might have hit Ralph. So uinler the cncumslances, 1 think we did 
the wisest thing we could do. Don't you think so, Nipper 1 

Nip. Yes. I think you did. 

SwiN. Certainly no one was to blame. No one mistrusted what Bos- 
worth was up to. If we had we could have been prepared, and gobbled 
liim instead of his gobblintf Ralph. 

Will. I'll gobble him if 1 ever get my feelers on the darned lionnd. 
I should just like to know whar ho is, and what he's u]) to, wheil.er lie's 
•liaii2iii' round Ralph, tryin' to pester his life out of hini, or whether he's 
in the rebel nrmv. I reckon Rulph must be in one of their [irisoi s half 
starved, perhaps, or sick with .'•oine darned lanteiizin' disease or oLh^r. 
There's no knowin' but what he s dead. We haven't heaid anything 
from him, neither has the folks, so Becky said m her last. That's what 
worries me most. I'm afraid he'll keel over alore they get through with 
liim. I get so all thunderin' blue when I set to tliinkin' on it that it's 
darn'd hard work to contain myself. I hain't much afraid, however, of 
hangin' myself. If I have got to die by my own hand I shall live to be 
remarkubly aged, but I got so blue one day, just arter that rumpus, that 
I believ? if there had been a respectable hoss in camp I should have 
persuaded him to kick my brains out. 

Enter Ricketts, hurriedly, L. 

RtcK. Come, boys ! wide awake ! we've got business, there has been 
several shots fired out beyond the picket, and the colonel has ordered 
our company out to recnnnoiire, and a^corXiin the cius'i. Of cour.s*e it'v 



60 FOILED. 

rebels, but what they are up to is a mystery, ami we may have a cliance 
to sluimish a liu.le. Come, fly aroaiid, and get to camp. The boys aie 
lalling in. 

SwiN. Graciou'j, I hope we ain't going to have a row. 

Nip. Si) do I. 

Will. You do 1 well, you are a i)utty pair of pukes. What's the mat- 
ter 1 courage oozin 'out at yer fiiiser eends 1 It jest suits me. Any- 
thing to break tliis infernal monotony. . I hope 'tis soinetliinii more than 
a couple of iialf-Ntarved refosees fiiin' at a beef critter, but I am afraid 
it 'tain't. Come. Joe, let's dust, I am gittin' eager tor the fray. (Steuben 
nnd RicKETTS exit hastily, L. Swinger and Nipper mope out after them. 

SCENE IV. — A wood between the pickets. A practicable rock on stage, c., at 

back. 

Enter Ralph and Charlotte, excitedly, l. A shot fired as scene rises. 

Ralph. This way, Charlotte ! quick ! here, let us get under cover of 
this rock while I reload. {Ihey yet to the right of the rock, keepiny a watch 
of L., Ralph rtloadmy) That last .shot hit one.of them, I saw him fall. 
Tliey don't fire at us, although I have liredatthem several times. Have 
you counted iheni 1 

Char. Yes, I thought I could make out six of them. 

Ralph That is what I thought, and Bosworth is with them. He wants 
to retake us, but I will not be taken alive. Are the barrels of your re- 
volver all loaded ? 

Char, (ex'iminiiiy pistol). Yes. 

Ralph. Well, keep it handy, {looking L.) See, there they are again. 
They are skulking under the shadow of those pines yonder. I will check 
one more ot them, {fires L.) Ah ! another has gone down, that leaves 
four, (^reloaditig, a shot h., Charlotte screams) Are you hit, Charlotte "? 
(_ffoes to her, finds her wounded in the left arm) Here ! bind up your arm 
with this hanilkerchief. [giving one, and assisting her to bind arm) See ! 
they are on ti.e run now. Can you use your pistol 1 wait until they are 
nearer, when I fiie. 

Enter Bosworth and three Rebel Soldiers, l. 

Bos. So ! .so ! Mr. Evans thought he would give us the slip. We 
couldu't possibly part with you. Now if you desire any mercy, lay down 
those weapons and surrender. If you refuse, you cun see what will be 
the coDseipiences. {pointing to his men.) 

Ralph. I acctpt the consequences. Never will I yield myself alive. 
If you tlimk to take me so easily you are mistaken, {defiantly) Tiie fir.st 
two that dare move in this direction, or raise a weapon, die instantly. ' 
(q/tickly) Now, Charlolle, ready ! (Ralph aims gun, Charlotte levels her 
revolver, Bosworth and men recoil. Chord. Tubleaux.) 

Bos. {recovering). What! to be baffled thus! Upon them together. 
{they are m the act of springing at Ralph and Charlotte, a shot fired off 
K., Bosworth staggers and fills front, c, the men exit in confusion, l. , as 
Steuben, Hicketts, Swinger, and Nipper enter r. Steuben pauses to 
look at Boswokth, the others rush off \j. after the rebe.s, Charlotte /((W/s, 
Ralph si(/)poits her.) 

Rick. Afier them, boys ! {us they exit cheering.) 

Will, [looking after them, not seeing Ralph and Charlotte). Freeze to 
um ! I guess we've turned Jack on them fellers — spiled their fun. [turn- 
ing and seeing Ralph and Chablotte, starts) Chain liteniu' ! Ralph and 



ACT IV. ol 

\os wife ! (funis nwii/ again) I wonder if I actually exist ! {putting hU 
hands on his heart) Oh, Lord ! how— how m3- gizzard does oscillate. 
Luminy ! how's i)i\- pulse i {feeling wrist) Tiiiiieen degrees above Niblo's. 
I'll solve iliis mystery u-w, l)y JupiLer ! {taming) Be you — yes, I see you 
be. Nww if this don't border on the miraculous. 

Ralph. Even as you see, Bill. I will explain all to you when we ^'et 
to camp. Charlotte is wounded and has fainted from excitement. Your 
arrival was most opportune. 

Will You mean lo say that one of them infernal scoundrels has shot 
your wife"? Well, we are even with 'em. {pointing to Boswoutii) See 
tliar, don't ye 1 He's my meat. I brought that bird down, [looking l. ) 
Joe's cumin' with the rest on um. {approaching Bosworth) Let's see if 
this (eller's goiie off without so much as sayin' " good-bye." {poking Bos- 
worth tcith his fool) Siy, you feller, ain't ye forgot suthin' ? How's yer 
parents ? Hain't inclined lo be werry sociihle. I shouldn't wonder if 
lie'd got an aitnclc of them blarsted blues. I wish ye merry Christmas. 
{fictiiiig down on his knees) Oh, well ! it's no use in yer tryin' to make me 
think that ye are really done for. {smklcnly) What ! do my eyes deceive 
my earsightV If that hain't that darned gorilla Buzzwuth ! Well, will 
miracles never cease"? (Coswortii shoics tigns of returning coimcioiisncsn) 
He's cumin' tew ! He wants to say sumthin'. {helping him to raise on his 
elbows) How fares me lord ] 

Bos. {with effort). The game is up. I have lost. Oh, darkness ! I am 
dying. F'liled ! foiled ! {falls hack dead. Charlotte recovers, stares with 
a mingled expression of horror and relief at Bosworth. Ralpu points to the 
body with h>s right h«nd, si'ppnrting Charlotte ivith his left, on his right 
knee kneeling. Steuben stands l., looking down at body. Slow curtain. 
Music, etc. 

END of act third. 



ACT IV. 



SCENE I. — A wood, supposed to be near the camp of the Regiment. Cheer- 
ing off B. , as curtain ris's. 

Enter Ricketts, SwfNGEB, and Nippicr, r., in great glee. 

Rick. Hurrah for home, boys! That's about the correct thing, ain't 
itl 

Nip. I think it is. 

.Swix. Pack up for home! is the word. Well, I'm precious glad it has 
I'.onie at last. I have been all impatience for this order eVer since the 
Rel) armies surrendered. Who brought the news to camp 1 

Rick. Major Evuns, I believe. 

SwiN. Major Evans 1 Well, I'll bet he's as glad as the rest of us. He 
don't want to slay here a moment longer than he is obliged lo. We 
have seen some mighty hard service, and I guess he, as well as you and 
I is glad it's over. 

Rick. Yes, I think he is. He knows what duty in the ranks is, for it 
was there he earned his deserved promotion. I was right glad to see 
Rilph with the straps on. He has made us a good officer, and the boys 
all like him. I don't think that I should care to be an officer and know 
that I was lairly hated by every man in the regiment. 

Nip. Nor mc either. 

Swi.\. Sol, you an I I arc y lin;^ bick with the ^ame rank we came 



38 ■ FOILED. 

away with, ain't we 1 They can take tlieir straps and their siripes, and 
go to grass with 'em. AH I want is my transportatiou home, and a visit 
from tlie paymaster, and Uncle Sam and I are quits. 

Nip. Yes, iliat's so. 

SwiN. Ralph Evans, he's been risint? from the rank of private till he's 
got to be major. Joe here has got to be .sergeant. Bill Sienben, he's 
corporal ; but you and I are still scaly privates ; well, " let her rip." 
Perhaps if we'd been promoied we'd been killed long ago. 

Nip. Yes, that's so. 

Rick. Bill Sieuben didn't come far from it in the last engagement, I 
notice. That was close shaving — having a piece of shell pass between a 
man's arm and his body without inflicting a serious wound. 

SwiN. Yes, the same piece killed the Major's horse, didn't it 1 

Rick. Yes, he happened to be in the range. I couldn't help smiling 
to see Bill. He turned around and looked first at the horse and then at 
the Major. Finally he pat on one of them irresistible e.xpressions of his, 
and .'iavs, " Well, Major, I nm sorry you have lost your animile, but I 
can't help thinking it better be him than me." 

Swi.v. What did the Mnjorsayl 

Rick. Oli, he was pleased enough when he found out Bill was not 
seriously woumled. He thinks everything of Bill, you know, and in re- 
turn of course Bill admires liiin. That is easily accounted for, you 
know. Bill is engaged to Ralph's foster sister, B^cky, and he will prob- 
ably marry her as soon as he gits home. It's all in the family, you see. 

Nip. Yes, I see. 

SwiN. Yes, and a happy family it is too. I think Ralph and his wife 
wont be very likely to soon forget the 2f>od turn Bill served them, when 
they were trying to escape from Seceshia. That was a rather queer 
mess, want it 1 What a confounded fool that Bosworlh made of him- 
self. ■ 

Rick. You are right, Jack, He did so. But he brought himself to 
an luitimely end by his foolishness. He mi^ht. have been a smart man 
liad hem irked his course differently. But wiiat's done can't be very 
easily undone. 

Nip. Not verv well. 

SwiN. 1 am of the opinion that the man that wiped him from the face 
of the ea'-lh don't care about undoing the job. 

Rick. Right again. Jack. Bosworth was not only a dangerous charac- 
ter, but a deserter, and justly merited the fate which he met at the 
hands of Steuben. Bill got a furlough by the operation, and had the 
satisfaction of accompanying Rilpli and his wife home. 

Swix. Ves, and how I did wish I was in his boots. How I have ached 
for a turlough at different times, and when they offered us one if we'd 
iv-enlist I didn't take a second thought, but pitched in and took 'em up. 
And it I didn't enjoy myself in those " thirty days," eh 7 Didn't I hale 
lo come back though 1 1 guess yes. I would have siven all my bounty 
luonev for an extension of thirty diys more, but then it was no go. I 
CDuMn't get out honorably, so back I come, and now that thi^y have got 
through wiih me, and I'm right side up, why, I am glad I did. 

Nip. S'> am I. 

Rick, {and lenhj looking nf -r). Hullo! hullo! Whit's going on over 
in camp ? The boys are " falling in." It can't be that we are agoing to 
start io-(lav. 

SwiN. {looking rV It c.Tu't be anvihing eNe. Se>, they have got their 
liaversacks It must be. Joe. that they are going to 'deal out rations," 
Nip. I tliitik so too. [all looking ii ) 
Ru;k. So do I, Sol. Thai's wh t it nraus. Well, I guess wo can't 



ACT IT, 39 

aflortl to be lagging, so come, let's make a de cent, {eommandinff) For- 
ward ! chai-ge ! [All exit, r., with yells. 

SCENE II, and last. — Setme as Ssene I., Act I. Some. 

Charlotte discovered rising frmn a seal near the table, Becky, who has/ast 
entered, remov^ing hat, shawl, etc., putting them in closet, n. 

Cha.k. Soldiers at the depot, dkl you sa.v 1 

Becky. Yps, I heard the men LalkinsT about them ©n the street, and 
the people are all hmrs'ins to see them. I wanted to go too, because I 
thought {)erha|>i Raipli atwi William might be among them, Tbey are 
likely to come auy day, I suppose, 

Chak. Yes, but I think Ralph would send word. 

Becky. I don't. I ihinb \te would like to step in just when we didn't 
expect him. We have not bad a letter from them in a fortnight, and I 
think tbey are ou tlieir way home. I .•♦han't be Rui-prised if they are 
with them soldiers that have just anivefl on the train. 

Char. Well, Becky, I hope they may be, I'm sure, I am becorain<j 
impatient at their non-arrival. The war has been over .sonje little limw 
now, and the iroc^ are being rapidly diacliarged. Of course some of 
them nfiust remain for awhile, but Ralph said in his last letter that the 
pros[>ect was very good for their discharge soon. If their regiment 
.•-hould have to stay, I hope he will resign and cfxxse home. I don't think 
ibero is any further need of his services. 

Beckt. Corporals can't resign, can they ? 

Char. I think not. 

Beckt. Then of conrse Wflliam woold have to stay. 

Char. Oli, perhaps not. You know he was slightly wcninded in the 
Itist battle iD which the regiment participated, and that might procu'e a 
discbarge for him, Ralph would endeavor to get it for him. 

Becky. It wont be Bill Steuben's luck to get a discharge if the regi- 
ment has got to stay, (knock l, ) 

Chak. Step to the door, Becky, aixi see who it is. (Becky goes to door, 
I)., openinr/ it.) 

Becky. It's Mr. Sater. Won't yoo walk in, sir % 

Skater en'ers, ^Ecur joiaces c/tair, taking his hat, etc. 

Slater, Good-n>omii>g, ladies. I thought I wonld jijst drop in ami) 
see if you were aware of the arrival of the company of soldiers with 
which Major Evans and William went to war. 

Char, (jogfulhj). Is it indeed so, Mr. Slater 1 

Slat. It is a fact, Mrs. Evans. I have seen ibeto, and sbook Ralph, 
William, and nearly all of them by the band. 

Becky {gleefully.) Oil, I knew it ! I knew it ! something seemed to 
tell me so all the time. Are they dischargeti, Mr. Slaterl Are you sure 
they haven't got to go bnck again ? 

Slat. Quite i>)sitive, Becky. Thev have marched to the public hall, 
where a dinner is to ba served up. But Riilpli said he should sli[) away 
as soon as he could, and you may expect hin> any moment. 

Chak- Go, Becky, prepare sonae liit'e refreshment for them, {exit 
Becky, R. ) Here they come now. {overjoi/ed, aprinas to the dcnr, i,., is re- 
ceived in the (trim o/ Ralph, who enters, fdlownl hj William) Ralph ! 

Ralph. Home again, Charlotte! ami this time to retuain. A!i I Mr. 
Slater here 1 I understand — he has thought it best to pJace you on ywur 
guaid against surprise. Where is Bklie an I B^-cky % 



40 roiLED. 

Will, {looking about anxiously). Yes, where is Becky and Eddie 1 

Char Becky will be in, in one moment. Eddie lias not returned 
from school yet. How pleased he will be. But, William, you haven't 
offered to shake hands with me yet. 

Will, {awkwardly advanmig). Oh ! I beg your pardon. I snummy ! I 
wasn't tliiiikin' what I was about, {shaking hands with Charlotte) Yer 
see, {hesitating) I'm so completely — compleielj" — you know what I mean — 
(^stammering) completely 

Char. Yes, yes ! Becky will be here directlv. How is your wound, 
William 1 

Will. Oh ! it's a mere scratch. Don't trouble me much — it's 'bout 
well, (his left arm in a sling) Oh, there she is. {looking r.) 

Enter Becky, r., with a waiter on which is a pitcher of wine ivith glasses. 
She stops Suddenly on seeing William and Ralph. 

" Star of the Evenin' !" (sinking on nrtitadt) '■ Ro^e of Ilazedean !" I 
fly to yer embrace, {he hurries toward her, Ralph inturposts.) 

Ralph. Careful, William. You will break the glass, {takes the waiter 
and places it on table.) 

Will. Remove the ibsticle ! Now, Becky, don't be bashful. Ye 
know 1 hiiiu't seen je since my veteran lurlew. {he goes to hr and pa's his 
rifiht arm around her luck, they come doivn front, r. c.) Hain't ye glad I've 
cum ? 

Beckt. To be sure I am, William, (abashed.) 

Will. Then why don't >e fling yer arms around my neck and squeeze 
mo"? (Ralph. Slaticr. mid Chaulotte, upstage, l. c, converging.) 

BfiCKY {mod'sig). Wiiy, William. 

Will. {'iitrm//ting to hug her). Why, Becky, (xhe resists, tiking hold of 
his arm in sling) i, Lnnl ! oh. Becky I Oil! oh! oh! {jumping about 
stage, com'c lly holling his arm. Becky alarmed.) 

Char. Y<.u have hurt Williaiii's arm, Becky. 

Becky {crgiai/). W-li-y, n-o I d-i-d-n't. 

Will. Tneie, that's nuff, Bfcky. 1 was only putlin' on to see if you 
re.illy was tickled to see me. It's all risht, Becky. Don't beller any 
lUKie, cum now. {commands) "As you were." 

Becky. Well, 1 mu>t confess you liave a very funny way of testing my 
affecLicm for you. 

Will. Yes, i)uiely oriainal. No such thin2 as fail to it. You coino lo 
grief lian<lsoiuely ! but lh«ii, never mind, Becky. I'm satisfied. 

Becky. Supposi^ 1 .should till you that the reason I cried was because 
I tliDiiiihi I h 1(1 hurt your arm, not because I cared any more for yoii 
tlian I do for any t»ther man. 

Will. Suppose you should ? I shouldii'i say, Becky, you lio, but [ 
should say, Becky, I don't cive credence to your statement. 

Becky. Well, really, Air. Steuben, have 1 ever been detected in inak- 
ini; nntruihful assertions. 

Will. Well, now, 1 would really like to know if you hain't. Hain't I the 
ideiiticle critter that you vowed would come back, a clear gone, bloated, 
re.l-noseil, watery-eyed, hopeless rummy ? How's that for slap dab 1 
You ought to be able to see for yerself how much truth thar was in that 
asseniou as ye evil it. Here I am, after four vears service, a very rose- 
bud ot sobriety. I don't care any more about liquor than the " old Nick 
does about holy water." For tint in;uier, it anybody was to offer me at 
this moment a class of the most tempi in' beverage over concoc^ed by 
tnort il l>!-in', I haven't the least notion I should touch it. I t>hou!d s.iy, 
N >, 1 lliank >e— don't care for anything jest now. 



ACT IV. 41 

Ralph {to Slater, who is about to exit). Before going, Mr. Slater, 
won't you give us a toast, (pausing wine.) 

Will, {taking wine). That's me. 

Becky {reproachfuUy). I thought you wouldn't drink anything at 
present. 

Will. What should put such an idee inter yer headl Hasn't the 
Major ordered me to 1 

Slat, (quietness restored, impressively, . Our Country ! 

Will. May she never bust, (all drink) Ah ! that went exactly where I 
thought 'twould, {rubbing his stomach) Oh, aunt Saray ! want that luscious 1 
(aside) I wonder if I can't ring in " seconds" on thatl (Ralph, Slater, 
and Charlotte are at door, l., Slater in the act of departing. Steuben 
goes to tuble at back and fills his glass, comes down front to Beckt) Becky, 
here's to you and I. (drinks) Have some'? 

Becky (piqued). No, I thank you. 

Will. Jest as ye say. I guess I can worry it down, (drinks and puts 
awag glass) "Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious sum- 
mer." Do you know who it was said that, once on a time 1 

Becky. No, I don't think I do. [Exit Slater, l. 

Will. Why, "heavens to Betsey! " that was the immortal Richard. 
It happened to strike me that the language was quite appropriate for 
this particular occasion. He goes on to say, '• Now are our brows bound 
with victorious wreaths, our bruised arms hung up for monuments." 
(taking hold of his wounded arm) How are you, bruised arms'? (Ralph 
and Charlotte, who have been conversing at back, now come down front, c.) 

Char. 1 can hardly realize that you have returned to leave us no 
more. I look back upon the last four years, and it seems like a frightful 
dream. When I think of the perils you have encountered, and passed 
them all unharmed, my joy knows no bounds. 

Ralph. Let us not forget in our happiness the homes that are to-day 
desolate — the hearts that are to-day sad — made so by the ruthless touch 
of " grim-visaged war" — let the sacred memory of these brave men — 
these husbands, fathers, sons, and brothers, whose mangled bodies we 
have left to sleep in rude, unknown graves, keep us alive to the duty we 
owe their loved ones. Already in the far West an organization is being 
formed, " whose sublime purpose is to guard and protect the families of 
their comrades dead, and of their disabled comrades living ; to tend the 
everlasting fires on the sacred altar of liberty" — taking for its title, the 
" Grand Array of the Republic " — destined to spread throughout the 
loyal North. Into its ranks will press the " soldier and sailor " — men 
who have stood together through the '' bloody period of war," seeking 
to unite more closely in a fraternal bond, cemented with the blood of 
the Union's defenders, and welded by the heat of battle. Living not for 
this generation only, but whose memory will be cherished for generations 
to come. In the great and noble work which will devolve upon them to 
perform, they will require and receive the hearty co-operation of a grate- 
ful people, for which the united prayer of the " Grand Army " will 
ascend to the throne of the Great God who blesses all good. 

WiiiLiAM, Becky. Ralph. Chablotte. 

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